The Guardian: Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows

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2. Indeed...

I find myself thinking that political struggles are little more than “bread & circuses.”

I certainly don’t want a repeat of the Trump years, and yet, I fear it is too late for the best intentioned president to stop the wheels from turning.

https://openatmosphericsciencejournal.com/VOLUME/2/PAGE/217/

… Indeed, if the world continues on a business-as-usual path for even another decade without initiating phase-out of unconstrained coal use, prospects for avoiding a dangerously large, extended overshoot of the 350 ppm level will be dim.

James Hansen et al, 2008 Target Atmospheric CO₂: Where Should Humanity Aim?