I’m not a funding decision-maker, far from it. I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear.
That said, I think your question deserves resources, but I imagine the answer generates rapidly diminishing returns. If you can gather a few reasonable scenarios that show, in step-by-step fashion, how typical “lets wall off and fear the outsiders and hoard resources” sorts of strategies lead to human extinction in a dystopian future of several degrees celsius of global warming, then I think you’re done.
There’s plenty of inspiration in popular media, it would be just a bit of a bore to find the b-movies you need. You can take those movies, and change the narrative to show that, instead of the hero saving the day, the hero’s efforts falter or never happen, and human extinction results. The problem wouldn’t be that the narratives are unrealistic, but rather that they are too limited and don’t consider smaller problems that could still result in massive mismanagement and eventual human extinction.
In a way, the problem of climate change itself started out fairly small, with folks just needing to adopt some sensible measures to prevent a later catastrophe. There was plenty of insight and advance notice, but there needed to be global coordination of efforts, and in particular, leadership from the United States. That leadership collapsed after Jimmy Carter’s presidency, and never returned.
I’m not a funding decision-maker, far from it. I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear.
That said, I think your question deserves resources, but I imagine the answer generates rapidly diminishing returns. If you can gather a few reasonable scenarios that show, in step-by-step fashion, how typical “lets wall off and fear the outsiders and hoard resources” sorts of strategies lead to human extinction in a dystopian future of several degrees celsius of global warming, then I think you’re done.
There’s plenty of inspiration in popular media, it would be just a bit of a bore to find the b-movies you need. You can take those movies, and change the narrative to show that, instead of the hero saving the day, the hero’s efforts falter or never happen, and human extinction results. The problem wouldn’t be that the narratives are unrealistic, but rather that they are too limited and don’t consider smaller problems that could still result in massive mismanagement and eventual human extinction.
In a way, the problem of climate change itself started out fairly small, with folks just needing to adopt some sensible measures to prevent a later catastrophe. There was plenty of insight and advance notice, but there needed to be global coordination of efforts, and in particular, leadership from the United States. That leadership collapsed after Jimmy Carter’s presidency, and never returned.