You have really not shown evidence for anything to back your views on. If by mentioning a UN report you mean the IPCC papers, refer to this thread. They are a political organization, with an agenda.
The IPCC Is Wrong
You bring up some good points, namely that we dont know what is triggering the change other than a suspicion of CO2 emissions. But I would counter your other point that a change is not too far off by simply stating that all this may just be a result of a natural cycle- and may not be manmade at all.
LOL BS- its been 40-50 years since these predictions were made and they specifically stated that these cataclysms should have happened by now. The fact that they didnt means they are debunked.
Name their predictions that came through then.
Are you denying she said there's only 12 years left before we all die?
No, that was not an IPCC report I was referring to. It's the FAO, Food & Agriculture Org. You simply cannot be saying that topsoil degradation isn't real, that's beyond insane. Please refer back to my original post. Even if you dispute climate change, the degradation of topsoil and its severe dangers to the global food supply is beyond reproach.
Now, onto climate change: how do we know it's not natural? For the past 800,000 years the global CO2 level has never passed 300 parts per million. Then, after the industrial revolution, it spiked past 400 PPM and continues to rise sharply. I remember learning about this in 5th grade. Look at a graph of this and any child can tell you its not the natural cycle of the Earth. It's essentially a steady rise and fall for hundreds of thousands of years, followed by a massive vertical line. The idea that the Earth suddenly did this on its own magically without human intervention has no rational explanation. And if you say, well, how do we know CO2 causes global warming: Since the 1860s we've known that CO2 levels in the atmosphere trap heat, in the famous "Greenhouse gas effect," and correlate to higher temperatures. That's just physics.
Since you claim the IPCC is advancing some liberal conspiracy, why do you reject the Pentagon's findings that climate change is accelerating and poses a national security threat? I guess its all those tree-hugging commies in the military who are working on behalf of liberals?
As I said in my previous post, the point is not pinpointing the exact date of a "doomsday." It's that there are gradual environmental changes occurring that over time will have severe negative consequences. There will be no biblical apocalypse all at once. It happens slowly, but surely.
Also, I'm curious: you seem to think that science is political, that human-cased climate change is part of some liberal conspiracy. Why would thousands of scientists spend decades getting advanced degrees, then go through a meticulous process of data collection, analysis and verification, then the rigor of peer review and publication and debate, all to push some shadowy liberal conspiracy? What exactly would this accomplish, and why would incredibly intelligent people devote their lives to some plot?
