The Climate Pod Facing The World At 3-Degrees Of Warming (w/ David Spratt)
Dec 26, 2024
David Spratt, a climate and policy analyst and Research Director at Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, reveals chilling insights from his book, Collision Course. He discusses the catastrophic implications of reaching 3 degrees Celsius of warming, including the risk of tipping points and threats to food security and social stability. Spratt highlights the urgency for honest discourse on climate risks, the limitations of current responses, and the need for swift, collective action to combat escalating crises and global challenges.
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Three Degrees Means Systemic Breakdown
- David Spratt argues we're heading to ~3°C because current evidence and failed emissions reductions make 1.5°C effectively passed.
- He says 3°C implies systemic breakdown in state relations and human security.
The 'Official Future' Undermines Reality
- Spratt calls the UN/COP process an 'official future' that understates risk by political negotiation on science.
- He warns 1.5°C is already exceeded and tipping points are being crossed now, not in some distant future.
Childhood Lessons On Emergency Response
- Spratt recalls growing up in a flood-and-fire-prone town where residents prepared collectively for emergencies.
- He contrasts that local emergency readiness with today's willful blindness to climate emergencies.
