The 2015 Paris Agreement set 1.5 Centigrade as the earth’s long term warming limit. On March 20, 2023, three days before our historic 3/21/23 nationwide actions against the four dirty banks, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that we would likely pass the 1.5 Centigrade target by the early 30s. Beyond that point climate disasters would be so great we will not be able to adapt.
In his latest Newsletter, Bill McKibben reports that over the past 12 months average global temperatures have been 1.58 Centigrade over pre-industrial levels.
Let’s repeat: We won’t, in 6 years, go over the point where humans can’t adapt to climate disaster. We have already gone over that point.
And the 78 oil and gas profiteers (Yes, only 78 profit making companies decide the fate of the 8 billion humans now on this planet and those yet to be born,) who control our planet will set new records for burning fossil fuels in 2024 and 2025,
Now is not the time for depression. Now is the time for action. None of us can act alone. That’s why we have Third Act–so we can act collectively. On this website, you can find all you need to know about how you can work NOW, this spring, summer, and fall, to save democracy and the planet.
Our mission at Third Act is to fight to save democracy and our planet. The relation between these two existential issues couldn’t be more clear: Donald Trump as U. S. president would be the single biggest climate disaster for all of humanity for decades and generations to come. That is not an exaggeration.
There is no comfort zone, not for the earth and not for each of us. This moment asks that we all step out of our comfort zone, face these existential challenges, and escalate our work in ways that meet the fierce urgency of now.