Excerpt: In 2022, city officials asked climate scientists if Paris might experience heat waves that reach 50 degrees in the near future.

Their answer was yes, possibly, by the end of the century, or as soon as around 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions increase exponentially. But the scientists’ modeling showed that scenario was unlikely if global pledges from the Paris climate accord were met and the rise in warming was kept below 2 degrees Celsius.

Me again: Guess what didn’t happen, and guess what’s happening now?

Excerpt: Shut the System demands that “banks and insurance companies align their financing and underwriting practices with 1.5°C pathways and enable a fair and just transition”. This means that they:

1- Exclude all finance for fossil fuel expansion immediately.

2- Banks must adopt binding emissions reduction targets for all fossil fuels projects.

3- Require robust, 1.5°C-aligned transition plans from all existing fossil fuel clients.

4- Protect human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples.

5- Scale up financing for a just and fair energy transition.

Me again: None of those five things are going to happen as a result of sabotage, of course, but nothing’s going to happen as a result of peaceful protest or political action or strongly worded letters, either. We’re friggin’ doomed, and since we’re doomed, why the hell not enjoy some sabotage along the way?

Why glacial lake outbursts like the one in Alaska may happen more often