climate change is a pass/fail test
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Climate change is a pass/fail test for the human species. It is also an opportunity.The silver lining is that to turn this emerging catastrophe into an opportunity will require that we make a better world for everyone.TRANSCRIPT
© Michael Thorne Kelly ([email protected])
Now is an Emergent Phenomenon
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We Decide What We Want
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We Create a Compelling Plan
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We Use the Plan to Mobilize Resources
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We Allocate Those Resources
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We Create a System That Dances with Context
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Macro-Context
What we have to live with
Micro-Context
What we can influence
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The Planet is Warming at an Alarming Rate
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It is Happening Much Faster
Than Predicted
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Positive Feedback
Loops Cause Abrupt
AtmosphericHeating
Methane boiling out of a Siberian Lake
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“Squealing” Weather
Signals an Imminent
Phase Shift
Weather Records Broken in 2011
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Human Activity is a Catalyst for Several Positive
Feedback Loops
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Every Day There are More
of Us
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Rising Resources
Costs
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RisingFoodCost
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Socially Destabilizing
EconomicInequality
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PracticallyUnlimitedUntapped
“Green” Energy
We Know How to Find Answers
Explosion of Scientific
Knowledge
We Know What Works
Social Policy Can Promote
Elitism or Equality
Following Through
We Can Know When It Isn’t Working
Science of Wisdom
We Know How to Make Wise
Decisions
Cooperation VS Competition
We Know How to Promote
Social Cooperation
Wisdom Trumps Power
We Know How to Make
Governance That Works for
Everyone
Micro- Context Starts With Making A Choice
Grow Or Die
We Have to Experiment
Because There is so Much
We Don’t Know
Continuously Strive for Less Wrong
We Can’t Wait for Certainty
Before We Act
Get Our Priorities Straight
Reduce Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere
We Know Where GHGs Come From
Be Responsible
Replace Consumerism
Have Fun Doing It
There’s More to Life Than
Consumption, Discover What
VitalizesYou
Paint Your Roof White, It Might Save Civilization
Even Little Things Can Buy
Us Critical Time to Set
Things Right
A Million Viruses in a Drop of Sea Water
Think Geo-restoration,
Geo-engineering is Like Trying to
Move a Balloon with a Sharp
Stick
Empower Each Other
Thrive Together
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So What Do We Want
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Let’s Answer that Question Wisely