• jadero@slrpnk.net
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    11 months ago

    I’ll take a stab at answering the headline.

    1.5C is anything from mild inconvenience to pretty bad news, depending on where you live, how old you are, what you do for a living, and your financial resources.

    2.0C is anything from pretty bad news to very bad news depending mostly on where you live and how old you are.

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        11 months ago

        I know that, which is why I specified a range that included pretty bad news and qualified the range based on several factors, especially where you live and your current age.

        Climate disaster is not just a statistical artifact, but has real people in specific situations. That means, regardless of temperature, there will be significant differences in personal experiences depending on how old you are right now and where you live right now. At 1.5C what you do for a living right now and your current financial situation play significant roles; not so much at 2C and beyond.