Hey, happy Earth Day! Who wants to talk about climate change?
Yeah, okay, fair, I kinda figured the answer to that would be "ugh do we have to?" What if I told you I have good news though? Good news with caveats, but still good news.
What if I told you that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, we've avoided a whole degree celsius of global warming by 2100, or maybe more?
Current projections are 2.7C, which is way better than the 3-5C (with a median of 3.7C) we were expecting in 2015. It's not where we want to be - 1.5C - but it is big, noticeable progress!
And it's not like we either hit 1.5C and avoid all the big scary consequences or fail to hit 1.5C and get all of them - every tenth of a degree of warming we avoid is going to prevent more severe problems like extreme weather, sea level rise, etc.
This means that climate change mitigation efforts are having a noticeable impact! This means a dramatically better, safer future - and if we keep pushing, we could lower the amount of global warming we end up with even further. This is huge progress, and we need to celebrate it, even though the fight isn't over.
guy who is definitely not about to fall into a surprise midday nap with an aftermath worse than a hangover: it seems like a really good idea to lay in bed and get cozy under the blanket as part of my plan not to fall asleep. I do not know why.
This week on Dropout: on Monday, a new Game Changer with guests Mike Trapp, Ify Nwadiwe, Siobhan Thompson, and some very special cameos; on Tuesday, a new Um, Actually with guests Grant O'Brien, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld; on Wednesday, episode 16 of Dimension 20: Fantasy High Junior Year; on Thursday, the episode 16 Adventuring Party talkback AND the premiere episode of Smartypants, with speakers Mike Trapp, Demi Adejuyigbe, and Vic Michaelis; and on Friday, Very Important People: Last Looks goes behind-the-scenes on Ally Beardsley's episode!