hey folks. i know its annoying to look up an article and read it but this one in particular has an incredibly misleading headline

the 12 year deadline everyone is talking about refers to the point where climate change becomes “irreversible”, where we are unable to avoid the affects of climate disaster and no longer would be able to keep temperatures from rising above 1.5°C higher.

that is not what the 18 months in this article is referring to

the 18 months here is referring to the opinion of scientists and activists (the very likely Correct Opinion) that in order to meet the 12 yesr deadline, we would need to have legislation in place by 18 months from now, not that climate change becomes irreversible in 18 months

its still scary and climate change is obviously still a huge and imminent threat, but this kind of scaremongering only makes people feel hopeless and like its too late to do anything