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BeefPieSoup t1_iukaaxx wrote

As I understand, according to the IPCC there's credible evidence that at least 5 of 16 identified feedback mechanisms/tipping points have already been triggered, and things are in fact happening much sooner than expected.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/08/world-on-brink-five-climate-tipping-points-study-finds

This isn't "nihilism", it's just what the international organisation of scientists studying the problem have actually said in their latest official report. What's dangerous is taking it less seriously than it ought to be.

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