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Catastrophic Climate Change is on our Doorstep yet Billionaires Steering Humanity Don’t Give a Shite
George Monbiot wrote an excellent article in the Guardian, asking why the powers that be happily allow humanity to head to oblivion: simple bottom line: billionaires...
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"So the number of billionaires on the planet is 0.413 ppm or 413 ppb, while the CO2 level in the atmosphere is 431 ppm. The billionaire concentration is thus 431/0.413 which is 1043.58 times higher than CO2 concentration in the air, yet they are destroying us all (see book called "Goliath's Curse" by Luke Kemp on the history and future of societal collapse..."
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Guardian article: A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it
George Monbiot
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/catastrophic-climate-event-scientists-atlantic-system-collapse-billionaire-existential-crisis
X post on who runs society: https://x.com/mhdksafa/status/1289255836250824704
Guardian article: I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t -- George Monbiot
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/bill-gates-climate-crisis-billionaire-essay-cop30
Peer-reviewed paper in Science Advances: Observational constraints project a ~50% AMOC weakening by the end of this century science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adx4298
Peer-reviewed paper in Science Advances: Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course
science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.adk1189?
Peer-reviewed paper in Geophysical Review Letters: European Temperature Extremes Under Different AMOC Scenarios in the Community Earth System Model
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GL114611
Peer-reviewed paper in Nature: Collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation would lead to substantial oceanic carbon release and additional global warming
nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03427-w
Carbon Brief article: Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming
carbonbrief.org/ocean-current-collapse-could-trigger-profound-cooling-in-northern-europe-even-with-global-warming
Ask MIT climate: What would happen if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapses? How likely is it?
https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/what-would-happen-if-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-collapses-how-likely
Peer-reviewed paper in Wiley Climate Change: Multi-Stability of the Present-Day Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wcc.70049
Peer reviewed paper: Future of the human climate niche
pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1910114117
DeSmog article: Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
desmog.com/2025/11/05/bill-gates-donated-climate-denier-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center
Guardian article: US economists win Nobel prize for work on climate and growth: William Nordhaus and Paul Romer honored over two of most ‘basic and pressing’ issues
theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/08/two-us-economists-win-nobel-prize-for-work-on-climate-and-growth-william-nordhaus-paul-romer
Guardian article: ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilization argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse
Linda McQaig book: Cancelling Billionaires before they cancel us
bookcity.ca/item/a-c8S3j7QPP_qFf4P1ADug/lists/LM03QNH2Krh8
Maps.com Mapping the Motion of the Oceans at Different Depths
maps.com/animated-ocean-currents-map-shows-currents-at-various-depths
vbschools.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/3dviewer/index.html?appid=16f7372c7e624f31bfa03a978593ce85
Copernicus Ocean Data: https://data.marine.copernicus.eu/viewer/expert?view=catalogue
Nature Geoscience paper: An unprecedented view of ocean currents from geostationary satellites
nature.com/articles/s41561-026-01943-0
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Catastrophic Climate Change is on our Doorstep yet Billionaires Steering Humanity Don’t Give a Shite
George Monbiot wrote an excellent article in the Guardian, asking why the powers that be happily allow humanity to head to oblivion: simple bottom line: billionaires...
References & Links:
Me on Facebook comment:
"So the number of billionaires on the planet is 0.413 ppm or 413 ppb, while the CO2 level in the atmosphere is 431 ppm. The billionaire concentration is thus 431/0.413 which is 1043.58 times higher than CO2 concentration in the air, yet they are destroying us all (see book called "Goliath's Curse" by Luke Kemp on the history and future of societal collapse..."
facebook.com/share/p/1CeXP4ivK5
Guardian article: A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it
George Monbiot
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/catastrophic-climate-event-scientists-atlantic-system-collapse-billionaire-existential-crisis
X post on who runs society: https://x.com/mhdksafa/status/1289255836250824704
Guardian article: I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t -- George Monbiot
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/bill-gates-climate-crisis-billionaire-essay-cop30
Peer-reviewed paper in Science Advances: Observational constraints project a ~50% AMOC weakening by the end of this century science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adx4298
Peer-reviewed paper in Science Advances: Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course
science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.adk1189?
Peer-reviewed paper in Geophysical Review Letters: European Temperature Extremes Under Different AMOC Scenarios in the Community Earth System Model
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GL114611
Peer-reviewed paper in Nature: Collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation would lead to substantial oceanic carbon release and additional global warming
nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03427-w
Carbon Brief article: Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming
carbonbrief.org/ocean-current-collapse-could-trigger-profound-cooling-in-northern-europe-even-with-global-warming
Ask MIT climate: What would happen if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapses? How likely is it?
https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/what-would-happen-if-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-collapses-how-likely
Peer-reviewed paper in Wiley Climate Change: Multi-Stability of the Present-Day Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wcc.70049
Peer reviewed paper: Future of the human climate niche
pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1910114117
DeSmog article: Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
desmog.com/2025/11/05/bill-gates-donated-climate-denier-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center
Guardian article: US economists win Nobel prize for work on climate and growth: William Nordhaus and Paul Romer honored over two of most ‘basic and pressing’ issues
theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/08/two-us-economists-win-nobel-prize-for-work-on-climate-and-growth-william-nordhaus-paul-romer
Guardian article: ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilization argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse
Linda McQaig book: Cancelling Billionaires before they cancel us
bookcity.ca/item/a-c8S3j7QPP_qFf4P1ADug/lists/LM03QNH2Krh8
Maps.com Mapping the Motion of the Oceans at Different Depths
maps.com/animated-ocean-currents-map-shows-currents-at-various-depths
vbschools.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/3dviewer/index.html?appid=16f7372c7e624f31bfa03a978593ce85
Copernicus Ocean Data: https://data.marine.copernicus.eu/viewer/expert?view=catalogue
Nature Geoscience paper: An unprecedented view of ocean currents from geostationary satellites
nature.com/articles/s41561-026-01943-0
Please donate to PaulBeckwith.net to support my research and videos connecting the dots on abrupt climate system mayhem.
GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-paul-continue-his-climate-emergency-research
Please subscribe to my YouTube channel. As well as my website, and YouTube, you can find me on Patreon, Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit (multiple climate channels within), Quora, TikTok, Discord, Mastodon, Twitch, Vimeo, Bluesky, TruthSocial, Threads, Substack, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc...
