Envision the best instead of imagining the worst: For Earth Day 2023, here’s what life could look like in 2050 if the U.S. embraces green living. It’s far from perfect. The world’s seas have risen a foot, inundating many coastal cities. Multiple plant and animal species are on the brink due to habitat change and destruction. Hotter, drier and more erratic weather has hurt farming and farmers. The massive shifting of population due to flooding and in some places heat is an ongoing social calamity. But it could have been so much worse. The world’s nations managed to keep global temperature rise below 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Sea level rise was slow enough that there was time to shift people from threatened cities and towns, and even though the relocation wasn’t cheap, the new cities are now more compact, with accessible green areas, more walkable and with easy access to transit. A better climate future is still possible. Read more in the link in bio.