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Nicholas Goldberg: The end of the world is coming, even if you've heard it all before

The periodic reports of the U.N.'s International Panel on Climate Change are lapsing into self-parody. This is your last warning, they say. Get a move on. Don't sit idly by. Fix the problem now. We mean it! I am continually amazed that the IPCC scientists don't throw up their collective hands in disgust at humanity's inability to awaken from its slumbers and stop issuing reports altogether. ...
Vehicles drive near downtown during the afternoon commute on April 4, 2022, in Los Angeles.

The periodic reports of the U.N.'s International Panel on Climate Change are lapsing into self-parody.

This is your last warning, they say. Get a move on. Don't sit idly by. Fix the problem now.

We mean it!

I am continually amazed that the IPCC scientists don't throw up their collective hands in disgust at humanity's inability to awaken from its slumbers and stop issuing reports altogether.

Instead they keep holding out faint glimmers of hope and encouragement that just maybe, maybe, maybe we will rise to occasion.

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