https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/15/vietnam-climate-change-activist-imprisoned/
https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/6/12/23755678/montana-climate-change-lawsuit-young-people-coal-global-warming
A lawsuit in the state of Montana could set a legal precedent on climate action.
https://www.newsweek.com/saying-out-loud-what-others-wont-even-whisper-about-climate-change-opinion-1806109
Kerry is right that a population of 10 billion won't be sustainable, but this spokesperson for the world's richest country is pointing this out without offering any solutions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/06/11/climate-change-the-treaty-slowing-the-arctic-meltdown/d8ee4738-089d-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html
A mass extinction of life on Earth as a result of willfully generated climate change is certainly one of the most daunting outcomes that civilization currently faces. But it is certainly not the only danger.
Nuclear war, killer asteroids, coronal mass ejections, artificial intelligence, pandemic, super-volcanoes, and many other events of lessening probability have the potential to end civilization as we know it before all of the honeybees die.
Leaving aside the certainty of climate catastrophe, what other events could occur that have the potential to destroy our civilization?
https://www.wired.com/story/oceans-day-deep-ocean-current-slowdown/
Melting Antarctic ice is disrupting the movement of deep seawater, which could further destabilize weather patterns around the world.
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-crisis-niche-migration-environment-population
As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/10/timeline-of-climate-change-what-humanity-knew-and-when/70273996007/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/08/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-at-all-time-high-study-finds
Scientists say world is burning through ‘carbon budget’ that can be emitted while staying below 1.5C
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