The September 23, 2019 issue of Time is a Special Climate
Issue. The feature story is “2050: How Earth Survived”, by Bill McKibben. The lead story is “2050:
Fight for Earth” and describes a plausible scenario from mid-century (when David
Hogg or Cameron Kasky will be old enough to have become president).
He predicts a huge Gulf hurricane in late October 2020
before the election, giving the Democrats a huge electoral win for the
presidency.
A wretched century is better than a catastrophic one. Some of the results are obvious. Beach properties had to move inland, and many
real estate bankruptcies occurred. Private cars started being banned more in
many city centers. New York City got a
taste of that with World Pride.
McKibben also takes the position that strong action was
taken to reduce the wild inequalities, perhaps cracking down on inheritances,
as the Gini Curve started to flatten.
The issue has essays by Al Gore (he has hope for the
climate-change battles), Aryn Baker (who describes Jacobabab, Pakistan, the
hottest city on Earth, and then (with Mbar Toubab. “The Great Green Wall of
Africa”, Jane Goodall (reasons to be hopeful), Clara Nugent (rewilding the UK),
Justin Worland (The Climate Caucuses), Peter Thomson (Preserve Ocean Life), and
most of all, Matt Sandy and Uniao Bandeorantes, “The Tipping Point” about the
deforestation of the Amazon.
Stephen Hawking had warned that Mankind needs to colonize another planet within 100 years, maybe Proxima B (radiation problems for openers). But we would have to select who gets to go.
Stephen Hawking had warned that Mankind needs to colonize another planet within 100 years, maybe Proxima B (radiation problems for openers). But we would have to select who gets to go.
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