Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)

Part of your problem is probably that it&#x27;s not really news.<p>Pretty much everyone knows that climate change is happening and that we should be doing something about it (not that that translates to much action).<p>The IPCC keep publishing reports like this mainly in an effort win over &#x27;skeptics&#x27;.

Those who are willing to take IPCC at its word need no convincing. Those who are not so willing also need no convincing. By now there&#x27;s no third category of meaningful size, and everyone on both sides is sick and tired of arguing over it.

The IPCC&#x27;s job is basically to find or invent ways to claim the sky is falling and continually declare &quot;it&#x27;s worse than we thought&quot; regardless of what the data says. They&#x27;ve been doing this for long enough that by now most sensible people have tuned out.<p>In context, the most recent IPCC reports confirm earlier impressions that the likely costs of climate change are relatively small compared to the benefits of economic growth over the same period whereas the cost of doing much <i>about</i> climate change <i>now</i> is much larger than the cost of doing nothing. So even if we chose to get &quot;stirred&quot;, what would you have us do about it?<p>Lomborg gives a few relevant numbers here:<p><a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bj-rn-lomborg-says-that-the-un-climate-panel-s-latest-report-tells-a-story-that-politicians-would-prefer-to-ignore" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.project-syndicate.org&#x2F;commentary&#x2F;bj-rn-lomborg-sa...</a>

Depending on who you ask:<p>- Most major governments are ineffective, if not corrupt. - We put almost no resources into educating our children. - It&#x27;s pretty clear we&#x27;ve broken the planet (or are breaking it fast) - The masses are confused, and feel helpless. - The world economy appears to have been subjugated by central banks. - Our food is progressively getting more toxic. - Corporations (in general) have scraped together too much power. - It&#x27;s 2014 - this is not the world we had dreamed of, it&#x27;s lame, inefficient and generally run by emotionally immature, tiresome, short sighted people. - Many people have given up at some level.<p>OP your point is valid, but I think (in some way) some of us are just thinking &#x27;f-- it, let it roll, we deserve it&#x27;<p>Disclaimer: I have not given up, I think things will get better - perhaps naive

Such an issue is hard to affect on a personal scale, perhaps this is part of the reason for the indifference?<p>If there isn&#x27;t anything I can personally do to resolve it and it&#x27;s a slow barely visible change, I&#x27;ll sit quietly and hope for some of the worlds governments to fund a viable solution.

You have to include a provocative title that excites the newer HN members. Rename the article &quot;How race&#x2F;gender&#x2F;class sees irreversible climate change&quot; and re-submit it.