(This is part 7 of the “Stages of the Anthropocene, Revisited” Series (SotA-R).) There’s no plausible peaceful path to carbon-neutrality. If there’s one key takeaway from my attempts to model…
(This is part 6 of the “Stages of the Anthropocene, Revisited” Series (SotA-R).) As mentioned in the section “limitations and alternative approaches” of the previous episode in this series, there…
(This is part 5 of the “Stages of the Anthropocene, Revisited” Series (SotA-R).) The aim of this series is a better prediction of the long-term prospects for human civilization (in…
(This is part 4 of the “Stages of the Anthropocene, Revisited” Series (SotA-R).) The purpose of this series is an update of the mid- and long-term prediction of aspects of…
The old denialism denied the reality of climate change. Funded by the fossil fuel industry it spouted disinformation and lies and fostered doubt. It changed climate change from an objectively…
(This is part 3 of the “Stages of the Anthropocene, Revisited” Series (SotA-R).) Drought is (obviously) not the only kind of disaster caused by climate change, although it is probably…
(This is part 2 of the “Stages of the Anthropocene, Revisited” Series (SotA-R).) Of all climate-change-related disasters, drought may very well be the worst. While other kinds of disasters might…
(This is part 1 of the “Stages of the Anthropocene, Revisited” Series (SotA-R).) In Stages of the Anthropocene (2018), I argued that if one aims to make mid- or long-term…
Some people seem to believe that it is too late to fight climate change. Others seem to believe that this kind of fatalism is as dangerous as climate change denialism…