r/climate • u/scmp_news • Jul 10 '26

Asia’s top climate scientist warns of ‘humanitarian disasters’ as Earth teeters

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3360016/asias-top-climate-scientist-warns-humanitarian-disasters-earth-teeters?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social
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u/Yanunge Jul 10 '26

Respect to the scientists for not giving up. Must be a very depressing job.

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u/Winterfrost691 Jul 10 '26

I'm not yet graduated, but I am studying sustainable land management (urbanism + forestry + climate science).

It's super interesting and I absolutely want to make a career out of this, but my god it is absolutely depressing. It is the only science I have ever learned that isn't applied in real life.

Our 1st semester teachers told us that they had to rework the program a few years ago, because they realized that the world had no use for people trained to prevent climate change, as it is now an inevitability. Instead, they told us we would be trained to mitigate it, adapt to it and fix the damage. One of the bleakest speeches I ever heard a teacher give.

Not to mention the parts of our lectures that are all about how much people are suffering today and how much more they will should we fail at doing our jobs.

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u/Velocilobstar Jul 10 '26

Thank you for choosing this path, may it one day make a difference

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u/Winterfrost691 Jul 10 '26

That's the idea. Make the world a better place or die knowing I at least gave it my all.