As The World Cools Down

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Until the middle of the 21st century climate change dominated the political landscape world wide.   Extreme weather disasters occurred as people’s awareness and activism increased.  Governments incentivized citizens and industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

After decades of effort and sacrifice, “global net zero” was achieved in 2046.   As greenhouse gas concentrations levelled out worldwide, scientists discovered that the oceans were a much larger carbon sink that previously thought.   Both greenhouse gas levels and average temperatures declined drastically from 2060 onward and the effects of climate change became less severe.

Steeped in the tradition of Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads of the 1940s, a new genre of 21st Century music, called Climate Ballads, appeared.  These songwriters questioned the short sighted actions of their ancestors, but celebrated that the effects of climate change on day to day life were noticeably waning. Today, the horrific years of climate change seem a distant memory, but these songs remind us of the actions of our ancestors.

As the World Cools Down

My Daddy lived through a lotta trying times
It was a crying, a crying shame
Wildfires – Hurricanes – Refugees
Planet was mad at the human race

In Kyoto and Paris and London and The Hague
Politicians ranted ‘bout the two degrees
And treaties were signed, promises made
But in the end they did nothing – nothing at all

As the World Cools Down
Back to the way it should be
Love for the Mother, Love for the Earth….Returns
As the World Cools Down

Revolution blew like a hurricane
Spreading like fire – in the forest green
Started with Greta – and a million more
Refusing to ride on the carbon machine

My daddy looked hard – at the man in the mirror
Starin’ at his habits – and his hypocrisies
Car rides, cheap flights, steak dinners
Were written on the stones
Were written on the stones
Were written on the stones
Of his grandkids graves
Of his grandkids graves

As the World Cools Down
Back to the way it should be
Love for the Mother, Love for the Earth
Returns…Returns
As the World Cools Down
As the World Cools Down
As the World Cools Down