The Climate Change Train Has Left The Station
We must save what we can
I came across the C-ROADS climate change simulator. It was developed by MIT to help policymakers understand how their action (or little to no action) on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions will affect the temperature rise by 2100.
I ran the simulations and have come to one conclusion: we’ll need to adapt fast. The rising temperature train has left the station. The only question we need to answer is how fast we let it go, and can we get it to slow down?
Take, for example, a scenario where the USA and the rest of the world’s governments pledge to a peak emission year in 2030, with emission reductions starting at 2% annually starting in 2050. Helping with this simulation would be limiting deforestation by 30% and reforesting areas by 60%.
That simulated scenario resulted in a 2.6C (4.6 °F) temperature rise by 2100. DAMN!
Let’s take a look at a more aggressive policy change, one similar to what we did with fixing the ozone hole.