At some point, we should probably stop calling it climate change and just start calling it climate abandonment. We're all so desensitized now that the more stories come out, the less people care... =/
Ultimately its up to us to convince the policymakers and senior leadership in corporations to make the correct decision.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding...
> Ultimately its up to us to convince the policymakers and senior leadership in corporations to make the correct decision
Imagine a nation with the highest consumption of meat, where individual choices and habits have long shaped dietary preferences. In such a scenario, without widespread adoption of plant-based diets and a shift in societal norms driven by individuals, convincing policymakers and senior leadership in corporations to regulate and promote sustainable diets becomes an uphill battle.
It's through our own choices and advocacy that we can lay the foundation for systemic change and address the pressing issue of climate change effectively.
And the little plastic recycling they do has the effect of making them think "I'm helping!", when in reality it moves the needle very little...
Then there is some yearly variation, say, this year above average by 3 degrees, 5 years later below average by 3 degrees.
If you call the yearly variation climate change, then five years later your opponents will say "you see, it was a hoax".
It is a bit like presidents taking credit for the stock market going up. Then when it inevitably goes down, it makes them look bad.
This is an inevitable physical consequence of human activity steadily increasing the insulating properties of the atmosphere in a demonstrable and measurable way.
Sure, right now we're going up faster than our new normal rate of increase due to ENSO flux, and in a few years we'll see our rate of increase drop below the current rate as ENSO swings back (fingers crossed) .. but overall on a ten year rolling average we're seeing steady increases in average global temp. as a direct result of human activity (hence AGW) and it'll stay that way until we reduce the insulation properties of the atmosphere.
There can be a day-to-day variation of 10+ degrees. If Monday is cold and Tuesday is warm, and I say "this is because of global warming", then if Wednesday is lukewarm then I discredited myself.
> There can be a day-to-day variation of 10+ degrees
You seem to be confusing weather with climate change.
Weather refers to short-term atmospheric conditions, such as daily temperature and precipitation variations, while climate change represents long-term shifts in average temperature, precipitation patterns, and other climatic factors over extended periods, often spanning decades (3+) to centuries.
If someone says "this year is unusually warm with unusually low ice cover", that is not about climatic factors spanning decades to centuries.
If someone says "the average ice cover between 2000-2020 is lower than the average cover between 1980-2000" that is about climate.