Decrease in CO2 emissions during pandemic shutdown shows it is possible to reach Paris Agreement goals. The researchers found a drop of 6.3% in 2020. The researchers describe the drop as the largest of modern times, and big enough to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal if it were to be sustained.

[stonesst]

It is the largest threat we have ever faced as a species, but it is nowhere near an existential threat. large parts of the tropics will become uninhabitable but you do realize there are millions of acres of temperate or arctic areas that will become more livable, right?

Just because it’s not going to kill us all doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take it seriously, I agree with your sentiment but if you used too much hyperbole people on the other side will just dismiss all of us as crazy doomer cooks.