Don’t look away — this involves you

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

Scott Duncan, who’s image this is, makes this comment about this data:

“𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.

🇨🇦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙬

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 45°𝘊 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 +3°𝘊 (5.2°𝘍) 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴.”

We are experiencing a climate emergency and the science has been crystal clear on this for decades. As a result of our fossil fuel energy consumption we are on a trajectory that is going to lead to a catastrophic outcome.

The window to reverse the worst case scenarios is closing rapidly. We have to act now.

My message to anyone who wants a sustainable business or career in the future:

Do everything in your power to decouple from the need to burn fossil fuels to generate revenue

Carbon lockdowns are in our future. Get ahead of this, just as the fully remote businesses got ahead of the covid lockdowns by perfecting new ways of work before being forced to.

Change before you have to!