Intro to Decades After Paris
Imagine it is decades after the 2015 international climate change negotiations in Paris. The world now has full awareness of the impact of humanity’s centuries long alteration of the atmosphere. No longer is there tolerance for burning fossil fuels. Rainforests are guarded with national security measures.
We are suffering intense droughts, wildfires and extreme downpours frying and washing away the soils that have sustained a growing human population for thousands of years. As a result, mass human migrations have redefined geo-political circumstances around the planet.
High rises have been transformed into urban solar, wind, and food farms.
Travelers move silently on two wheels or on four propelled by sunshine.
Markets have been completely restructured to account for the cost of carbon. Regional economies have been decimated or entirely reshaped and renewed.
Many island nations have been completely vacated, as saltwater intrusion and king tides wash away communities and cultures.
Technologies have surged in a variety of directions. Heavy investments in clean technology have sustained a digitally connected world. Lusful experiments with nanotechnologies and genetic modifications have reaped equal parts salvation and catastrophe.
Many religions of the world tap into their roots of respect for the creation, and direct faithful hands to regenerate a holistic way of life.
Others suffer the strife of blame and hate in the face of resource scarcity. They shun modernity in favour of clan warfare.
Our species has been carried away for generations in a variety of ways: for convenience, for abundance, for power.
Now, decades after Paris, we send a message back to our grandchildren: we can carry our way if we are guided by hope and love.
