Sixteen years ago, on this day, June 26th, 2009,
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 387ppm. As of 2025 it is 430ppm, but check here for daily measures.
The context was that the Copenhagen climate conference was coming, and cartoonists had scope to tackle the implications of climate change. But it’s always hard to find a new angle. Bizarro succeeded.
What I think we can learn from this – gallows humour is allowed.
What happened next. The emissions climbed. The concentrations climbed. The consequences climbed. The seas rose.
What do you think? Does this pass the ‘so what?’ threshold? Have I got facts wrong? Interpretation wrong? Please do comment on this post, unless you are a denialist, obvs.
Also on this day:
June 26, 1991 “environment is not flavor of the month any more” – All Our Yesterdays