Why we will not stop climate change. Capitalism's inability to decarbonize.

The steps needed to rapidly decarbonize our economy (the only way to prevent catastrophic climate change) will never be taken in a capitalist system.

 

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slide 2      https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-just-breached-the-410-ppm-threshold-for-co2/ https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/full.html - Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from NOAA https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06949 - High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000–800,000 years before present

slide 3     https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/18/climate/hottest-year-2017.html

slide 4 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/09/27/science.aam5962 - Tropical forests are a net carbon source based on aboveground measurements of gain and loss

slide 5 https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2458/why-a-half-degree-temperature-rise-is-a-big-deal/

slide 6 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/coral-bleaching-reefs-climate-change-el-nino-environment/ http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6371/80 - Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

slide 7 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/water-crisis-hits-cape-town-south-africa-day-zero-looms-n841881

slide 8 https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=79184 - GRACE data with ground-based measurements to map ground water. https://www.ooskanews.com/story/2018/01/baikal-water-levels-critical_175553 - Baikal Water Levels “Critical” http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6cb9/pdf - Using climate model simulations to assess thecurrent climate risk to maize production https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/the-socioeconomic-costs-of-ocean-acidification http://www.pnas.org/content/111/34/12331 - Quasi-resonant circulation regimes and hemispheric synchronization of extreme weather in boreal summer http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA - united states drought monitor https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate3223 - Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/wildlife-in-a-warming-world-the-effects-of-climate-change-on-biodiversity http://www.thelancet.com/commissions/pollution-and-health - The Lancet Commission on pollution and health https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0095069617303650 - Water scarcity and rioting: Disaggregated evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

slide 9 https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate3352 - Less than 2 °C warming by 2100 unlikely

Slide 10 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-draft/warming-set-to-breach-paris-accords-toughest-limit-by-mid-century-draft-idUSKBN1F02RH

slide 11 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6331/1269.full - A roadmap for rapid decarbonization

slide 12 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6331/1269.full - A roadmap for rapid decarbonization

slide 13 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6331/1269.full - A roadmap for rapid decarbonization https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14016 - The geographical distribution of fossil fuels unused when limiting global warming to 2 °C

slide 14 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1499147/Why-Kyoto-will-never-succeed-by-Blair.html - Why Kyoto will never succeed, by Blair

slide 15 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/30/exxon-mobil-will-triple-production-in-the-permian-basin-by-2025.html

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