Summary

Amid record global heat and worsening climate disasters, 2024’s elections worldwide have highlighted declining political commitment to addressing the climate crisis.

Right-wing victories, including Trump’s U.S. win and climate-skeptic gains in Europe, have sidelined climate action, prioritizing inflation and energy costs instead.

The troubled Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan, marked by stalled emissions cuts and defiant pro-fossil fuel rhetoric, reflects this shift.

While some countries, like the UK, advanced climate agendas, overall momentum is fading, leaving activists and scientists alarmed as time to prevent catastrophic warming runs out.

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[–] 62 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Humans, once again, choose extinction because we're fucking monkeys in pants flinging shit at each other.

Honestly, if the majority of us are really this fuckstupid, maybe it's genuinely deserved.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Yeah, I'm losing interest in humans as well. They're idiots and they chose their path. Let's wait and see what's next.

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    If we had achieved carcinization by now we wouldn't have any of these problems — we'd be locking pincers in friendship, skittering sideways across a utopic planet. Alas.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If octopuses lived longer than four years they would have done a better job.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "We can't afford to spend money reducing climate change"

    Also:

    "There's more floods, fires and hurricanes. And they're getting worse. We can't afford to keep rescuing people and rebuilding."

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To make a point you'd have to choose something we apparently can afford. What you describe is that we're essentially broke and really can't do anything about climate change.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    So, I guess we'll just have to keep cleaning up the damage season after season, which will get much more expensive very quickly.

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    Investing in the future is always the less expensive solution over the long term. Unfortunately we have a bad habit of not thinking further ahead than the next election, or the next quarter profit statement.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    We are a population of stupid animals.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This is why all the billionaires have built the mansions with bunkers.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I don't have great hopes for the Australian election 6 months away.

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