Are We Falling Off the Climate Precipice?

| January 2, 2014 | Leave a Comment

Dahr Jamail explores the nightmare scenario of less conservative climate change projections and what they could mean for life on this planet. What is the worst that we could possibly face in the decades to come? 

During a recent visit with my eight-year-old niece and 10- and 12-year-old nephews, I stopped myself from asking them what they wanted to do when they grew up, or any of the future-oriented questions I used to ask myself. I did so because the reality of their generation may be that questions like where they will work could be replaced by: Where will they get their fresh water? What food will be available? And what parts of their country and the rest of the world will still be habitable?

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