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First that graph really puts into perspective how quickly as a species we have screwed everything up XD
I can only hope what they said may ring true with "scary numbers could scare people into action" and hopefully?
I remember hearing earlier that America happened to join the Paris Agreement, but have not yet actually taken time to read into how they purpose to lower these levels.

"the 60 nations who have ratified the agreement so far only account for 47.76 percent of the world’s carbon emissions"

So a little less then half of the world is currently willing to admit to our mistakes and attempt to fix the issues. How are we to convince the other slightly larger half to do their part?

"Due to climate change, The Nature Conservancy suggests one fourth of Earth’s species could be on their way to extinction by 2050."

They say scary numbers scare people and this really scares me. Most of us should be still alive at this point if we die of old age, and that is definitely not something I want to see happen in my lifetime.

"As ancient glaciers begin to melt, and thermal expansion occurs, coastlines elsewhere will flood, and communities will become displaced. By 2100, approximately 13 million people in the US are projected to lose their homes due to rising sea levels"

So if I live to be 108, I may also be losing my home that I HOPE(D) would be able to become a family home for future generations. And I'm already on the Ring of Fire and the Juan de Fuca (at least I'm not on the San Andreas Fault) as it is.
Not to mention the fact that Louisiana is already disappearing as it is. And the glaciers have been melting for a while now )=


I already live in a pretty environmentally aware community, which is nice, but unfortunately we do not do as much as we could hope for. (we actually have a law in town banning plastic bags in general, so we all have paper bags again....)

I feel the biggest question is how to approach the subject in a way that will inform people and change their minds from their viewpoints onto the matter that these are facts and not political bs that they don't need to involve themselves in. =/


Edit: I wanted to see more viewpoints for this, so I posted what you said onto FR, and once I get some replies will link you to the thread so you can also see more opinions/thoughts! I thought the more the merrier, and a decent way to spread the news around hopefully....