Daily Episode 184: The Death of RCP 8.5 and Why I'm Angry About It
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What is the podcast’s main focus and why is the host angry today?
Hey, Corey here. We've had an influx of new listeners, and so I just want to make sure that if you are new to the podcast, you don't just jump in and start listening to these daily episodes which we've been doing. Please go back and listen to the first at least eight episodes so you have an idea of what collapse is, what it is that Corey is talking about. Also, if you've been with us for a while and you're enjoying the content, please join us on Patreon. We would love to see you there. There's a link, as always, in the description.
Hey folks, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for being here. I don't do this often, so I feel like I need to probably start doing this more, and that is welcoming new people to the podcast. If this is your first time listening, thank you for being here. This is a podcast about uh collapse, the collapse of civilization. The first hundred and sixty episodes or so were spent going through all of the reasons why society will collapse. It's a rather complex topic. Topic, and so we took the time to break down each of the various drivers, the systemic pieces of the puzzle, how they all fit together, and why we feel that at least to some degree collapse is inevitable. More recently, starting in September of last year, we stepped away from the once weekly episodes focusing on specific topics, and now I do shortened daily episodes talking about news and research and events.
Pertaining to the collapse sphere. I know I interchange between saying we and I when referring to the podcast. We was because I had a co-host, Kellen, who stepped away a couple of years ago, and now it is just I uh continuing the work at this point. I highly encourage you, if you are new to the podcast, to go back and listen to those first episodes, at least listen to the first dozen or so, but really that whole back catalog of 160 episodes. Episodes in season one are crucial. They're interesting. They're very important. So listen to those. And uh, you know, in the meantime, you can be listening here on a day by day basis. I also have a Patreon. You can join that. It's five dollars a month. It supports me.
Uh it's a way to t I guess say thanks for the time and work spent on this podcast. But I'm also um gonna be getting back into activity there with some new projects. That I will announce a little bit more to come. You can also join the base Patreon for free while you're not going to get access to you know everything I'm I'm posting there. You'll at least be able to kind of see the level of activity. You'll be able to see um the titles and maybe the first couple of minutes of those episodes. So you can kind of get an idea of what you would be paying for if you joined. So feel free to join there for free as well. And as we ramp up those projects, you'll know and can join. For the longer term.
Why does the removal of RCP 8.5 feel like bad news despite climate worsening?
Alright, well, today I want to talk about something that is supremely frustrating to me. When you look at climate news, there is no doubt that things are worsening in regards to global warming and climate change. Every article is talking about how things are accelerating faster than expected, that scientists are shocked, that there's no precedent for what's going on, that growth in global warming is no longer legal. line year and that over the last decade or so we have hit an exponential growth in the charts. The goals set during the Paris Climate Accords, first of one point five degrees Celsius, then of two, are no longer attainable. They were set only a decade ago, and we've made it only through ten years of the at that point, eighty-four years left before that deadline of twenty one hundred.
I guess what I'm trying to say there is they Looked 84 years into the future and said we can't breach 1.5 degrees Celsius by that time. And within 10 years, not only were they saying, okay, we're not going to make it to 1.5, but we're also not going to make it to 2. We've already temporarily breached 1.5, and it may be only a number of years, two or three, maybe up to four, before we will have officially breached that temperature.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the podcast’s main focus and why is the host angry today?
0:00–2:35
2
Why does the removal of RCP 8.5 feel like bad news despite climate worsening?
2:35–5:29
3
What exactly was RCP 8.5 and how was it used in climate journalism?
5:29–9:24
4
Which study officially retired RCP 8.5 and what reasons did it give?
9:24–13:14
5
Does dropping the worst‑case emissions scenario mean climate impacts are safe?
13:14–16:35
6
How are politicians (e.g., Trump) misinterpreting the retirement of RCP 8.5?
16:35–20:15
7
What does the future look like with current clean‑energy trends and policy?
20:15–23:07
8
What actions does the host urge listeners to take after this episode?
23:07–23:43