It would be really cool if I could enter my zip code into a site which would tell me when my elections are, who’s running, and what are their records and positions on climate change
@WeAreShowboat
Жыл бұрын
8:17 “Experts estimate that global GDP will be 10% less in 2050 than it is today” You got this really wrong. The prediction is how much less the GDP would be in 2050 with climate change compared to 2050 without climate change. The GDP is predicted to be larger in 2050 than today, the only question is how much larger.
@HaldaneSmith
Жыл бұрын
You're right. The data is from an April 2021 report by the Swiss Re Institute and it compares GDP levels with and without climate change. It said GDP will be 4.2% lower in 2050 with a rise well below 2.0° C, and 11.0% lower with a 2.0° C rise. To get a 2.0° C rise by 2050 the world will have to miss its Paris Climate Accord targets. Interestingly, they predict a 3.2° C rise by 2050 if we do nothing, unlike this video which says we'll only have a 2° C rise by 2100 if we do nothing. At any rate, these comparisons are saying the GDP will be lower than what it would have been, not lower than today.
@HorizonOfHope
Жыл бұрын
It’s likely it’s correct. Water scarcity in river basins will make food yield lower. The entire world is dependent on food. Meat will become too expensive for most people, food security will decrease. 10% is probably an underestimate.
@RavenFilms
Жыл бұрын
There are multiple analytical models that come from the same raw data to come up with those numbers. You guys are just getting your information for different sources. Obviously some sources are way more credible than others, but when it comes to complex issues that involve so many factors; social, economic, political, geopolitical, technical, future technology…. Different, very credible organizations can have wildly different projections. Just think how hard to is to get 100% accurate weather data for just 24 hours from now. That’s easy compared to figuring out where the world’s finances will be in 22 years.
@benwasserman8223
Жыл бұрын
I mean it definitely shouldn’t. But as long as half of Congress acts like climate change doesn’t exist, it very well could be.
@samuelzev4076
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the ignorant politicians in congress is a result of America’s poor education system along with the flawed constitution of the country that emphasizes free speech as a right, which is false. Free speech is inherently a privilege not a right
@matthewdoddridge8204
Жыл бұрын
the climate should be changing though because we are at the end of an ice age. the climate would be changing even if humans didn't exist. We have accelerated the change but climate change itself is inevitable.
@courtneymckissick2014
Жыл бұрын
It's a sad thing. I have made sure my kids know about global warming. I always tell them "Maybe one day you could do something and save the world but for now we will do what we can". They love the idea of saving the planet.
@Shapar95
Жыл бұрын
There is really no incentive structure to save the planet if you don't have kids. I care not what happens to it. Maximizing happiness is the key? That's the thought anyways.
@yongcaima
Жыл бұрын
@@Shapar95 Hope we could combine planet saving and hapiness seeking well, they are not necessarily conflicting.
@matthewdoddridge8204
Жыл бұрын
@@Shapar95 Save it how? by making the ice age not end? We can't do that. We could stop accelerating things. but we can't slow anything down.
@kenthehobo
Жыл бұрын
The earth will be fine, so will humanity. I just feel bad for all the people, animals and other living beings that will be affected by this catastrophe
@bradleedenney
Жыл бұрын
When people get money in politics for a cause, the crisis will never stop because the money will stop.
@ARDEN33.3
Жыл бұрын
Thank you , amazing lecture ❤
@Im-just-Stardust
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always !!!
@reedclippings8991
Жыл бұрын
Really hoping this isn't the end of the series. Too much left that's hardly been touched.
@yungkhalifa7136
Жыл бұрын
Plant a tree n chill under its shade. Plant plants that take in more carbon dioxide and release oxygen. We will be straight
@RobbieBobbie98
Жыл бұрын
Polar ice is rain in storage
@utsavpatel6194
Жыл бұрын
Please make new and updated seires on psychology.
@piedpiper7583
Жыл бұрын
As above so below What you reap is what you sow What you give is returned threefold As above so below
@thepeff
Жыл бұрын
These videos hit the niche of people who know climate change is important to learn about but have literally done no research up to this point. The graphics are nice though.
@tobywilson
Жыл бұрын
Aka all the kids in school learning about it, which is crashcourse's main demographic. There's always young people learning about something for the first time.
@Blindingstarshine
Жыл бұрын
Only for millenia? Is this the answer?
@kraqdown
Жыл бұрын
Well, 20/20 hindsight 😅
@alwynwatson6119
Жыл бұрын
We have known about this for decades now.
@jeffrockwell1555
Жыл бұрын
Vegan Mac n cheese
@reedclippings8991
Жыл бұрын
Seriously hoping they aren't too afraid of the implications to dive deeply into agriculture. The prospect of rewilding land has such a huge potential upside!
@88command0
Жыл бұрын
2023
@sunsetrider161
Жыл бұрын
They asked the same question after the last ice age.
@Optimistprime.
Жыл бұрын
My company has pledged to go carbon natural by 2050. 20 years too late but hey, better late than never.
@Davlavi
Жыл бұрын
🤐🤔🤕🤢
@piellamp
Жыл бұрын
Why do we have to do something about climate change when we can just double it and give it to the next person
@DredFonnelly
Жыл бұрын
Another climate video dancing around and refusing to seriously engage with the radical political upheaval absolutely necessary to avoid anything but the worse case scenario, capitalism based systems will continue to prioritise for short term hyper profits over tackling environmental concerns and producing for needs rather than accumulation.
@carson0711
Жыл бұрын
So there are no solutions
@lakrids-pibe
Жыл бұрын
That's the opposite of what they say in the video.
@assumedpatriot8182
Жыл бұрын
I've got 68 years dealing with the weather directly, and all I can say is; "If you don't like the weather, wait 'til tomorrow".
@JPD2587
Жыл бұрын
If we pay more taxes the weather will improve!
@Shatterverse
Жыл бұрын
Eh humanity had a good run. I mean Too bad the worst people have the most power, but I'm pretty sure if we were gonna fix things we'd have managed it by now. Just make sure your Doomsday kit has a comfy folding chair and a bottle of your favorite liquor.
@juh7025
Жыл бұрын
Well, me paying more taxes won't solve it
@b00nz0r
Жыл бұрын
religion and capitalism
@alwynwatson6119
Жыл бұрын
It would make more sense to do an episode on the war on sustainability and the green scare.
@terry3733H
Жыл бұрын
anyone saw the 1hr documentary made by BBC Earth about the change that happened during 2020 lockdown: CO2 dropped, beach suddenly became empty -- penguins were able to dive in get food several times daily to feed their babies (normally they avoid humans and wait til sunset to feed ONCE daily)... anyone saw the movie "Snowpiercer" post-apocalyptic wintery world where remaining people live in a huge train -- of course 1st class cabins eat and live normally, and everyone else have to eat jello meals (made of bug powder!) 😱
@teen-at-heart
Жыл бұрын
Actually, every 0.1 degree saves lives and helps (as scientists have calculated and shown in recent years). So it’s worth keeping up the fight, even if we don’t manage the 1.5 degree goal.
@CitiesForTheFuture2030
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this critical and very well done series. You really packed a lot of info into a very succinct episode - very impressive. You alluded to the close inter-connected links between ecological, environmental, socio-cultural, political & economic systems. It should be stressed that ALL human systems occur within the ecological system - and not the other way round. ALL human systems rely heavily on ecological systems, processes, services & goods. Saving the Earth is NOT a "radical leftist tree-hugger hippy" thing, it's a "saving humankind and everything we hold dear" thing! While there are many many many hurdles, global efforts are occurring behind the scenes to try and restore the climate, natural systems, biodiversity AND human welfare - ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Such international efforts includes (among MANY international agreements) - the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development to achieve healthy ecological, socio-cultural & economic systems (for all) - Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda (it's estimated that around 80% of humans will live in cities & towns by 2050'ish - so making cities work for everyone is absolutely critical!) - Sendai Framework for Hazard Risk Reduction to make the world a safer place - UNCAC to reduce incidence of international crime & corruption - Beijing Declaration on gender equality Think global, act local! While dirty corporations & individuals try to pass the responsibility for climate restoration onto individuals (don't fall for it), individuals can make a contribution via citizenship (make a difference in your community and your country), career (make a different where you work) and as a consumer (be mindful of the products you buy and the companies you support with your buying power). Individuals, businesses & governments at all levels must work together to create communities, cities, regions & countries that are sustainable, green, integrated, inclusive, safe, healthy, beautiful, gender-sensitive, child-friendly, resilient and climate-ready. Tactical urbanism is a way that communities can implement local projects that benefits everybody. Other great new strategies for community development includes "new urbanism" and "strong towns". Vested interests seek to maintain the status quo and horde wealth & privilege for the minority. Remaining quiet is no longer an option for the majority of us - get involved in local community groups to find solutions to local challenges. Many issues we face are global ones - whatever they are - so chances are good someone somewhere has figured out and implemented a solution. Where there's a will, there's a way. You can't negotiate with nature - it sets limits & describes consequences. The Earth is telling us that limits are being reached and we will not like the consequences unless we do things differently. So it's time for all of us to do our part to make the world a more equitable place. It's time to reflect on what's really important (family & friendships and community - i.e. healthy social relationships) and ditch the things that we're actually much better off without. It's also not just about us but the generations that come after us. Our responsibility is not just with the present, but to the future as well.
@adrianpiper192
Жыл бұрын
I HATE people who dont care about their climate change because they think they won't live that long
@patriciatapia1710
Жыл бұрын
Capitalism wont allow us to pull that emergency break for 1.5° ... Unpopular opinion, great episode!
@Fuggl
Жыл бұрын
That's the sad thing about it. We can technically do it, we know we should do it, we know we won't do it.
@edugator2242
Жыл бұрын
Because a lot of people don’t buy it because the actual evidence for it is weak.
@alwynwatson6119
Жыл бұрын
And most of the alternatives would have fought sustainability even harder.
@MrSuperadicto39
Жыл бұрын
Not that unpopular but very true
@Inspirator_AG112
Жыл бұрын
Industrial capitalism is being resisted by environmentalism, and environmentalism is gaining the advantage of civilian support. It is only a matter of time before the capitalists surrender to the environmentalists; the 'when' is a question. It may seem that nothing is being done publicly, but a lot is being done by environmentalists, and there are many. The prevalence of environmentalism is of an invisible magnitude. I have even seen evidence that some large entities are willing to act on the climate change problem. Biden recognizes that climate change is an issue, and has made environmentalist efforts. In Veritasium's latest video, he mentioned that Google is using all renewable energy. In the meantime, _you_ have individual power through voting, recycling, and purchasing sustainable energy sources.
@philippebrehier7386
Жыл бұрын
"Supply and demand" It should be "Demand, then supply" in order to produce (almost) only what we need (less stress, no waste and so much less trash).
@philippebrehier7386
Жыл бұрын
If only competition added by capitalism would'nt push us to work so fast (to be among the bests in order to keep our jobs), we could have it quite easy, with a fair share of work, instead of trying to survive with multiple crappy jobs.
@TheOldBlackCrow
Жыл бұрын
I love your frankness. I wish someone had done this 50 years ago. Thank you!
@lyleblue6739
Жыл бұрын
warming here in texas is hyper noticeable with significantly rarer winter precipitation outside of the destabilized polar vortex making it here
@bailey27727
Жыл бұрын
Billionaires and big companies, listen! If we all suffer, you will suffer, too.
@sineray_al
Жыл бұрын
Indeed
@TNewGuy001
Жыл бұрын
The only way they listen is when the money stops flowing into their pockets
@larkohiya
Жыл бұрын
Not before others. And that was the point.
@jeffbrownstain
Жыл бұрын
They have climate controlled bunkers, my guy. They'll be fine.
@alejandroguevara2212
Жыл бұрын
Sound like the lorax movie
@shamusosullivan5650
Жыл бұрын
It’s not regular people who can make the impact. It’s government and especially governments in countries outside western influence that are the worst. Get them to change and then maybe us driving a gas car will make a difference. Until then, you’re ice skating uphill.
@Blairington
Жыл бұрын
COP27 is run by the fossil fuel industry. It's environmental appeasement.
@GimbalosMorkinar
Жыл бұрын
Are you so vain? You see other people behaving egotistical so then you see no reason to be a good human being?
@michaelsotomayor5001
Жыл бұрын
Hydrogen cars for the win! (For the future)
@dailybeauty001
Жыл бұрын
Every bit helps, but we definitely need to change the infrastructure as soon as possible.
@dailybeauty001
Жыл бұрын
The Western world uses a lot of electricity, and there's still lots of coal plants. Many non Western countries don't pollute as much because they don't use electricity like we do in the Western world.
@Argacyan
Жыл бұрын
9:50 The effect of higher sea levels will also worsen the intrusion of saltwater into freshwater reserves near coastal communities, leading to a reduction in available ground water and loss of soil fertility.
@kaytobe
Жыл бұрын
See Willow project. We are very very unlikely to stop at 1.5, we will be immensely lucky if we can stop at 2. I want to see a contrast of 2 vs. 3 C - where we are headed currently and how much we can still avoid in that scenario.
@emu2013
Жыл бұрын
This couldn't have come at a more perfect time. Working towards my BS in Environmental Sciences and my current course in climate change requires us to examine an article or video discussing what effects climate change will have over the next century. I'm so thankful to be able to use Crash Course for this, as it is so easy to digest and have confidence in the source material
@adpirtle
Жыл бұрын
I think it's clear that it will be around for centuries. We just get to decide how bad it will get.
@Mallory-Malkovich
Жыл бұрын
And by we, of course, we mean the corporations that own our governments.
@RavenFilms
Жыл бұрын
Unrelated, but at first, I thought she might have been the woman who played Andrea on the Walking Dead like 10 years ago.
@ahronrichards9611
Жыл бұрын
Great episode M! Sadly, many in our world will not care about the effects of climate change unless it affects them directly. The last two COPs just show how wealthy countries care so little about the smaller and more vulnerable countries that are affected the most by climate change. The number of climate refugees will continue to increase, as well as internal displacement of people within their own country. Climate change is real and if we don't do something to slow the effects, many countries in the Caribbean and Pacific, and other low-lying countries in the world will disappear. People will have no choice to leave their homes because it will be virtually uninhabitable, like you mentioned. It's time to stop talking and start doing when it comes to climate change. Let's try setting up the loss and damages fund that was advanced at the 2022 COP in Egypt. Let there be greater access to concessionary financing for smaller and poorer nations, so they will not have to incur serious debt just to try to help their citizens. I see it happening virtually every hurricane season in my country St. Vincent 🇻🇨. Keep up the great work with the videos.
@kikidee9623
Жыл бұрын
These videos are incredibly educational and important, more people need to be aware than ever. But It’s hard to shake the hopelessness and helplessness these messages keep reminding of us that’s it’s not changing. Like children being warned about their parents irresponsible behavior, what can we do if it hasn’t been changed yet. The ones who care don’t hold the power.
@satakrionkryptomortis
Жыл бұрын
sadly....we already lost the battle for 2 degrees...like 5 years ago. if not even earlier..
@Rugged-Mongol
Жыл бұрын
Recent Cyclone Freddy is already the longest extant tropical storm recorded so far at 5 weeks and 4 days :o
@Mallory-Malkovich
Жыл бұрын
Love this series! Can't wait for your episode on the Pentagon, the single largest source of pollution on the planet!
@1987joey1987
Жыл бұрын
I was under the impression 1.5 degrees was out of the game.. looks more like we're gonna go towards a + 4° C with the current flow of things. but hey, I'm just a random guy on the internet, what do I know.
@pankajdhote480
Жыл бұрын
🥺🥺🥺🥺
@IX-fc4po
4 ай бұрын
we could just use CO2 capturing technoligies and dont have to restrict economies from fruther growing, which could even create new jobs
@VampireSquirrel
Жыл бұрын
its like the trolly problem but we are the ones tied to the tracks
@mironricardo
Жыл бұрын
Times like these, I wouldn't be surprised if someone released a Captain Trips surprise.
@adrijobecq
Жыл бұрын
Current climate scientists have accepted that 2.5 ºC is unavoidable even if we just stopped all emissions now. This doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything, but right now we're already just trying to do damage control.
@HaldaneSmith
Жыл бұрын
That's not true. The Paris Climate Accord path we're on will take us to 2.7° C warming, peaking around 2070. This video is much more optimistic with its 2.0 °C prediction, maybe because of the continued decline in the cost of wind and solar making them the energy choice of even greedy capitalists (as long as they don't own an oil company).
@HopeHaywire
Жыл бұрын
Interstellar irl
@Hこうまさすぐる-q2t
Жыл бұрын
我要跟着你学英语
@MozartTheGOAT
Жыл бұрын
These climate change episodes are very important, good that CrashCourse takes it seriously
@mopnem
Жыл бұрын
One things for certain, in almost every way the people who say back in the day was better are absolutely wrong. Back in the day even managed to screw up the environment
@scottkidder9046
Жыл бұрын
Great video! There’s this terrible line we have to walk between making sure the most vulnerable aren’t taken out by economic stagnation due to over aggressive climate policies and making sure that they don’t get taken out by a lack of action to do anything to stop climate change. I think like with anything, we’re learning as we go and we’ll get better at crafting climate policy that straddles this line well and be something that all of us can agree to. I really hope we limit climate change to 1.5 degrees, but I’m not sure it’s possible. Even if we fail to limit it to 2 degrees it cannot be overstated that we still must try. We need to take all of the problems seriously and we need all the ideas we can get our hands on to try and solve this. I think what I’m trying to say is not to despair. Despair is the same thing as giving up, and we need to keep trying even when the odds are very much stacked against us.
@multipletanksyndrome
Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I thought a scientist of the future would look like, sound like, and dress.
@cronie8207
Жыл бұрын
You know, what about a molecular biology series?
@VinnieGer
Жыл бұрын
I won’t go down without a fight! I’ll keep trying to do something no matter how small the action is 😤🍅😤
@JPD2587
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been refusing to fly private jets for 40 years. You’re welcome!
@freetofly210
Жыл бұрын
👍
@shreyanshupanda1219
Жыл бұрын
9:17-10:23
@bigmack70
Жыл бұрын
We need more people, so we can have more scientists and engineers to work on solutions and adaptations. And we need less unscientific pseudo-religious "the world is ending and judgment day is coming" messaging from scientists and politicians on the issues.
@defenderofwisdom
Жыл бұрын
We've come a long way though. We were at a 4.5, then 3.5 degrees warming future predicted. Now it's at 2? Achieving 1.5 is good but I think we've done a great job if we've already moved to 2 degrees warming. At this point I'd have a strong expectation that engineers will produce a sequence of food-production technologies that can make the difference and that more low-carbon technologies will settle into place, allowing us to maintain some kind of reasonable GDP by 2050. The 214 references still end up being painful because, like, why support my torturer BUT - this seemed more like good news then bad news.
@Da_Rauch
Жыл бұрын
No, it is not perdicted to be at 2 degrees. That is only if we act immediately and decisively, which I don't see happening. Staying on the current course, with some but not too much ckimate action will put us above 3 degrees. Also I wouldn't count on technologies to save us.
@davidphillips4037
Жыл бұрын
We are nearing the half-way point between 2 ice ages Enjoy your time here as much as possible
@School_Time
Жыл бұрын
Interesting! Maybe I'll bring the topic up on my KZitem channel.
@generalnawaki
Жыл бұрын
as a citizen of the southern interior of BC Canada, yes climate change is real and yes it has already destroyed one of our cities.
@reinhardt3090
Жыл бұрын
How? Natural disasters have happened through all of history.
@lakrids-pibe
Жыл бұрын
Hej-hej for the algorithm
@beachboardfan9544
Жыл бұрын
In my lifetime I feel like weather is way more mellow. Summer thunderstorms as fewer and not as violent. Winter is waaaay warmer, and I rarely hear about hurricanes. Could be a regional thing tho (mid atlantic).
@sixvee5147
Жыл бұрын
May the Anthropocene epoch make the Permian-Triassic extinction event seem like a minor footnote in the pages of Earths history. Here's to making scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment a reality.
@1drumshark
Жыл бұрын
It's not going to stop, or reverse, in our lifetimes.
@defenderofwisdom
Жыл бұрын
It has greatly slowed, however. Predictions have kept thinning out, I recall the worst predictions were between 4.5 and 6 degrees, as time has gone by we've brought down our expectation to 3.5 degrees, 3 and now 2 degrees. So it's plausible we could hit our 1.5 degrees target. At that point it's up to the engineers to make the difference in the future.
@Jc-ms5vv
Жыл бұрын
If we keep moving the baseline we can always stay below 1.5c 😂😂😂. We’ve already passed 2c using a 1750 baseline
@tobicrusherfumigation1679
Жыл бұрын
Very true
@michaelmayhem350
Жыл бұрын
Rather than putting the breaks on we could just continue to pusb the gas. Then we can all move to Antarctica & grow palm trees.
@moatazahmed2771
Жыл бұрын
first comment
@makeracistsafraidagain
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, it’s likely we waited to long and much of what we now take for granted our grandkids will only hear about. The good times are behind us.
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