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Humans have caused 1.5 °C of long-term global warming according to new estimates

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399 points gmays | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 18:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gcheong ◴[17 Nov 24 19:58 UTC] No.42166638[source]▶
Our response to a global pandemic was a disaster other than getting the vaccines made. The most recent large scale collective effort to defeat an existential threat prior to that was probably WWII. We’ve gotten pretty good at waging war but I fear that’s probably where our evolution in the matter of dealing with existential threats will probably remain.
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1. switch007 ◴[17 Nov 24 21:24 UTC] No.42167435[source]▶
> Our response to a global pandemic was a disaster other than getting the vaccines made

What would you have liked to have seen?

And out of curiosity, what should be the response to the 700k heart disease, 600k cancer, 227k accidental, 165k stroke, 147k respiratory and 101k diabetes deaths each year in the USA? (N.B. COVID sits at 186k in 2023)