# Speculating on how much time we really have left - a climate change thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Tags:** climate-change\ **Created:** [March 15, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculating-on-how-much-time-we-really-have-left-a-climate-change-thread/1028461 "2026-03-15T15:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 113
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculating-on-how-much-time-we-really-have-left-a-climate-change-thread/1028461/113 "2026-03-18T18:50:44Z")
From Feb, 2007: > [@Assuming anthropogenic climate change is real, what can/should we do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-anthropogenic-climate-change-is-real-what-can-should-we-do-about-it/391376/15): > > I am going to mostly parrot what Scientific America laid out as the outline of a plan last year with my own mental notes: This is all from memory, so have some mercy on me. \*Please note all my statements should be read with the disclaimer of according to the currently most accepted theories: \* Can we halt the worst effects? Yes, we can, the increase is still occurring and we have not yet hit the critical concentration of Green House gases in the atmosphere. We need to think of the attempt… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculating-on-how-much-time-we-really-have-left-a-climate-change-thread/1028461)._