Hyperbole Does NOT Help

Apparently they don't teach "Chicken Little" in Costa Rica or the London School of Economics and Political Science.  Telling people a line like this (Humanity is at Stake) is harmful.  It is definitely not true.

Humanity is not at stake here. A quality of life is, but not humanity. Here is a quote from her:

It is in this decade that we will either reach a concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that is so dangerous that we will not be able to manage the negative consequences for years to come and the increasingly destructive forces of nature will wreak havoc upon, not just infrastructure and biodiversity, but also on the ability of humans to live on this planet.

Look, the planet we grew up on is fucked. Temperatures are and will continue to grow, making some places uninhabitable - like the Sahara, Desert Southwest of the US and Mexico, Central Asia, Central India and maybe the Tropics of Africa and South America.

Coral reef are and will continue to die. The oceans will become more acidic, support less life and speed their rise to flood Florida and many, many, many coastal zones. Sandy Beaches will be a thing of history books.

But much of the central part of the United States, most of Canada and Russia, much of Europe will be habitable for a long time. BILLIONS of people will die, but there are billions that will live.

And, in fact, if they are heartless, don't care about the death of billions, and can keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of the dying, they will be okay. Saying all humanity will die out is hyperbole that just causes people to turn off.

She should have taken at least 1 Pyschology course.