I want to introduce you to one of the most comprehensive and accurate climate interactive modeling tools available. This tool was developed by MIT Sloan, using real world data that gets updated on a regular basis. It allows the user to dive deep into different types of scenarios to study the effects of policy changes on emissions, green house gases, land use, and final energy consumption.
It is by far, one of the most useful tools I’ve seen. If you take a few moments to use the slider bars at the bottom, you can begin to understand which actions will have the greatest impact. It will quickly become clear that many actions need to be taken simultaneously. The goal is to get down to 1.5 degrees C to avoid catastrophic and cascading events…like lack of food supply, water, housing disruptions, migrations, extinctions and even human habitability.
It can be done.
But it will take a will of iron and many, many more of us to recognize the danger and implications of NOT acting.
I invite you to participate.
You are part of the planet. You depend on the planet.
Understand the issues and get involved. I hope to make that easier on this website.