{"id":10148,"date":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","slug":"mitigating-extreme-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/en\/course\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitigating extreme climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Climate change is a well-known threat to our planet. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report emphasizes that global warming risks seriously worsening the conditions for life on earth. If we do not reduce greenhouse gas emissions more than under the Paris Agreement, scientists estimate a 50% risk of temperature increases of 3.5\u00baC and a 10% risk of increases above 4.7\u00baC. With higher warming, we risk serious outcomes \u2013 more frequent and more severe floods, famines, fires, and droughts \u2014 leading to a lack of food and water, large movements of vulnerable populations, as the world\u2019s poorest people will be affected the most, and reduced global stability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There is also a non-negligible probability that the temperature will rise even more, especially if we do not reduce emissions according to existing agreements. This would mean that the consequences worsen further, for example by increasing the risks of other global catastrophic risks. In the most extreme scenarios, climate change risks contributing to the collapse of human civilization.<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9966\" width=\"512\" data-init-width=\"512\" height=\"485\" data-init-height=\"485\" title=\"unnamed\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed.png\" data-width=\"512\" data-height=\"485\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 512 \/ 485;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/ghg-emissions-by-sector\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source: Our World in Data<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While many popular approaches to working on climate change and other environmental problems probably aren\u2019t actually that helpful, there are areas that are both promising and neglected. Promising career paths in the field include researching extreme risks and worst scenarios from climate change and how those can be mitigated, reducing animal agriculture through advocacy or developing plant-based alternatives, engineering greentech innovations, doing research on carbon removal technologies, and pursuing a career in politics, think tanks or journalism to advocate for measures such as carbon taxes and investment in new technologies.<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9860\" width=\"393\" data-init-width=\"663\" height=\"393\" data-init-height=\"663\" title=\"Kristian R\u00f6nn\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kristian-Ronn.jpeg\" data-width=\"393\" data-height=\"393\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 663 \/ 663;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Driven by the realization that changing financial incentives is key to tackling climate change, Kristian co-founded Normative &#8211; a company that helps large corporations measure their climate impact through advanced software.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/stories-impact\/\">Read the full story of Kristian, and those of other world improvers<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Read more <\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/problem-profiles\/climate-change\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate change<\/a> \u2013 article by 80,000 Hours<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"\/climate-change-2\/\">Climate change cause area profile<\/a> \u2013 article by EA Sweden<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/climate-change\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate change<\/a> \u2013 article by Our World in Data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10148","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-career-guide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Effektiv Altruism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mitigating extreme climate change - Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Climate change is a well-known threat to our planet.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Asset-1@13x.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2258\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1179\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mitigating extreme climate change - Effektiv Altruism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/unnamed.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T08:32:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/unnamed.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/unnamed.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/mitigating-extreme-climate-change\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3. 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