It's important to point out that the "consensus science" as codified, for example, in the periodic reports from the United Nations do not support such a cliff-hanger mentality at all
Do We Really Have a Decade Left to Solve Climate Change?
Wise alecks on social media noted with amusement how Beto O'Rourke recently claimed humans had only ten years to act on climate change, thus one-upping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who had previously gone out on a limb by putting the deadline at twelve years. Snark aside, it's important to point out that the "consensus science" as codified, for example, in the periodic reports from the United Nations do not support such a cliff-hanger mentality at all.