Comment

Comment on How much progress have we made on climate change?

This is disingenuous. To lower atmospheric co2 we need to actively absorb co2 out from the atmosphere while the output of co2 is lower than the absorption. So to even see a progress on this chart we need to first achieve net zero.

source

Sort:hotnew top

Cort@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
No, we would see an infection point on this chat if we were to make progress, even if we’re not at net zero. The chart would at least be increasing at a decreasing rate, as opposed to the current trajectory increasing at a steady or even increasing rate.

source
- jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Actually, since 2020 the curve looks linear rather than exponential, which does match what he says on the video that we might have stopped increasing emissions year over year. Obviously this is not enough, but it is progress.
  
  source
PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I think I need to politely disagree with you on this point.

If co2 emissions were slowing at a meaningful rate, we should be able to see the upward trajectory start leveling off. What we DO see is almost no change in the trajectory of the chart, indicating that current carbon emitters haven’t cut back enough to matter, if at all.

I’m not suggesting that no changes on that line means no “progress”, but one could argue that its not meaningful progress if we aren’t seeing any changes in that trend.

source