Two More Celsius Degrees and Earth Is Done for
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imagine a world
so dystopian that wildfires and extreme
droughts become the norm
hurricanes and floods are even more
common too
millions of people displaced from their
homes don’t really know where to go
diseases like malaria holding on to the
poor
and weak water scarcity doubles we have
barely enough to sustain ourselves
let alone animals and crops
but unfortunately we don’t have to
imagine for long
because this is set to happen in the
next 20
years our earth is dying
we have known this for decades and we
have done nothing
about it the culprit of this horrid
future
is climate change which humans are
responsible for
because we burn a lot of fossil fuels
that fossil fuel produces carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide produces heat that’s heat
then causes an increase in global
temperatures
and for us to be able to avoid the
potential danger
climate scientists have set a carbon
budget for the next century
for us to be able to understand our
carbon budget
we need to look at how much fossil fuel
we have currently harvested
so this amount right here how much would
it really
affect our carbon budget well
if we burn all of it we would release a
trillion ton
of carbon dioxide meaning
meaning we’d exceed the two celsius mark
by a long shot
but that’s not so bad right we turn our
ac’s a bit higher
and we’re just fine right wrong an
increase of only two celsius is
unacceptable
it leaves us with droughts and natural
disasters
we would have food shortages because of
the lack of water
for animals and crops sixteen percent
of plants would go extinct one hundred
100
of the coral reefs will be gone we will
have a decrease of seafood by 3 million
tons
we would have natural disasters greater
than we can imagine
with hurricanes and floods putting 40
percent
of the earth’s populations that live at
the coasts
at risk of losing their homes the new
climate will also put
vulnerable populations at higher risk of
disease
so obviously only two degrees does make
a big difference
but surely it’s in hundreds of years
right
wrong again this here is one year of
using fossil fuel
and here is us 20 years from now the
budget is full
this was meant to last a century but it
didn’t
and it will affect us here in the middle
east especially
remember this 2 celsius is an average
so it affects the different parts of the
world differently
and because of our geographical
standpoint and our economic situation
it’s going to affect us here in the
middle east even worse
we would have an increase of 10 celsius
making the drought even stronger
the water deficit is set to at least
double
the middle east has been theorized that
it might be entirely unlivable
our economy will suffer deeply from the
abandonment of fossil fuels
this is our home and we want it to stay
that way for generations to come
we need to do everything we can to
protect it not only for us but for all
future generations
so what’s the plan well we need to
gradually reduce
our emissions so that by 2038
we had cut them in half and by 2065
we had we had reached zero emissions now
here’s the kicker
we need to then go into negative
emissions meaning we need to invent
technology
that sucks carbon out of the air and
buries it
but the issue is we don’t even know that
technology
is possible but if we miraculously do it
we’ll have a 66 chance of staying
under 2 celsius the best odds given by
climate scientists
now you all can see how difficult it’s
going to be
to save this planet so everything we do
counts now i can tell you what you can
do
to help you might expect me to tell you
to consume less electricity
or not to use plastic and although those
things are really important
there are more creative initiatives that
really need their support
there’s a website called treedom
where a tree is planted for every
donation made there’s another website
where you can put in your zip code
and it gives you all the eco-friendly
alternatives near you including
eco-friendly power
and transportation and so we can all
just support those
initiatives or we can sort them
ourselves here in saudi arabia
so please for our sakes and for all
future generations
educate the people around you and
continue all you can
to save this planet it is our home and
we want it to stay that way
for generations to come thank you