“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.

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    6 months ago

    Fun fact: a lot of mining companies have been incorporating climate change projections into their closure plans for years now, using RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5 scenarios. Hey, we are using a thermal cover to make sure this gargantuan pile of mine waste rock doesn’t cause metal leaching/acid rock drainage issues later on: we’d better over-engineer it to take on higher-than expected warming, given that we’ll be liable for it for the next 100+ years

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      6 months ago

      It’s certainly interesting, but I feel mostly sad thinking that it’s just BAU for everyone, even when everything is dying. Such a great example of it.

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        I ‘like’ the part where they acknowledge and plan for it yet everyone is still squabbling about if it’s even happening