New U.N. IPCC Climate Report: We Are All Going To Die But We May Be Able To Save The Planet

J.K.

Of course we will die. All living things die.

And the planet? It doesn't need our saving it, with or without us it's gonna do what it's gonna do.

Have I ever mentioned a "Warped sense of humour could be ‘sign of impending dementia’"?

A friend sent that. Same friend who sent "Long-winded speech could be early sign of Alzheimer's disease, says study".

So, with no further ado, some of the headlines:

'Humanity is on thin ice:' Major UN report says 'urgent' action is needed to combat climate change

 This Is The 'Final Warning' On Climate Change: IPCC Report

 Scientists warn world needs to prepare for risks of "climate endgame"

Here's the livestream of the press conference, they usually leave it up as an archived YouTube video:

IPCC Press Conference - Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report

And finally, from the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the report:

AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023

What I'm personally afraid of is that I start making sense to our patient and long-suffering readers:

From the Journal of Near-Death Experiences:

Terminal Lucidity in People with Mental Illness and Other Mental Disability: An Overview and Implications for Possible Explanatory Models Michael Nahm, Ph.D. Freiburg, Germany  

The (re-)emergence of normal or unusually enhanced mental abilities in dull, unconscious, or mentally ill patients shortly before death, including considerable elevation of mood and spiritual affectation, or the ability to speak in a previously unusual spiritualized and elated manner....