LYRICS
Hey! What’s next
Getting complex
Do you feel perplexed?
Yes, just that
Fat Cat habit
How ’bout habitat?
Sooner or later
We’ll see the light
Sooner the better
Before “good night.”
Got that right!
Hey! What’s next
Getting complex
Do you feel perplexed?
Say, what’s that
Fat Cat habitat
Full fledged heart attack
Sooner or later
We’ll see the light
Sooner the better
Before “good night.”
Got that right!
Hey! What’s next
Getting complex
Do you feel perplexed?
Prey? Big rat
Bet on the Fat Cat
Lost our habitat
Sooner or later
We’ll see the light
Sooner the better
Before “good night.”
Got that right!
- 231120_0209-Got-That-Right-Part-I.mp3
- 231120_0211-Got-That-Right-Part-II.mp3
- Got-That-Right-Part-II.MID (Casio WK-3500 with DSP)
Chords: E G E / G G6 / C A D G / G B E; Part II 85 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
“For people, for other species, for the ecosystems, for the world we live in, we’ve entered the Age of Loss and Damage, but we’re just at the start. What we are seeing already just makes you want to cry,” said Dr. Christopher Trisos (BBC Interview / MP3 Format) from the University of Cape Town. “We can’t eliminate loss and damage. It is here. That said, there is a lot we can do to limit it.”
Health and Wellness
Humans will experience greater loss and damage to life and quality of life from air pollution, decreasing supply of potable water, extreme weather events, and disease. The greatest short term climate change risk to human health is deadly humid heat (wet-bulb temperature).
Real Estate and Infrastructure
A warmer world will present widespread challenges across many aspects of food-energy-water security and economic development. Infrastructure including roads, bridges, sewer and water plants will become unsustainable. Personal property will suffer loss and damage as homeowners and flood insurance become increasingly difficult to obtain.
Conclusion
Triggering tipping points results in the CO2 stored in nature to be released without the assistance of humans. Though we do not know how much carbon is stored in nature, it would be reasonable to assume that the temperature could be pushed from 3 degrees to 6 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Humans cannot thrive above a rise of 1.5 degrees. Much of the Earth will be uninhabitable if the temperature rises an additional 6 degrees Celsius. If humans also add 3 degrees Celsius, the temperature and humidity will approach a wet-bulb temperature that will not sustain human life. In any event, there will be exponential loss and damage.
For the first time in human history, global warming is going to continue no matter what humans do. Even if humans stopped their greenhouse gas emissions today, humans have invoked nature’s greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless, the sooner humans stop their emissions, the better. In addition, humans must adapt their habitat to remove, reduce, and hinder nature’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Welcome to the Age of Loss and Damage.
What Can I Do?
There are plenty of things you can do to help save the planet. Stop using fossil fuels. Consume less. Love more.
— from The Age of Loss and Damage Brouse (2023)