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[[link removed]]Facts are stubborn things; and whatever our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
—John Adams
If there's an ebb and flow to human events, then history's pages seem to be turning a little more quickly these days.
The pace of events often tests our ability to process what’s happening and to "make sense of it all." That challenge is frequently made worse by political actors who, empowered by the insatiable hunger of the 24-hour news cycle and social media tools with global reach, work to bend news narratives to serve their own interests.
It often feels as though we’re simply treading water in a sea of misinformation and disinformation, but accurate numbers, objective accounts, precise images, etc., can pierce through the fog like a lighthouse well-lit. Some of these actualities not only stand for themselves, but they hint at broader truths that can help us better understand these times and the steps we should take to shape our future.
As Founding Father John Adams said two and a half centuries ago, "facts are stubborn things." Our task is to identify and elevate those stubborn things.
Here are three...
1.
Looking
ahead
over
the
next
40
years,
if
rising
energy
consumption
in
Africa
produces
the
same
level
of
CO2
emissions
per
person
as
India
does
currently,
then
even
if
the
U.S.,
China,
India,
Russia,
Germany,
and
Japan
all
reduce
their
emissions
over
that
time
period
by
20
percent,
that
reduction
won’t
be
enough
to
offset
Africa’s
increase
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.
2.
Brazil
has
detected
more
than
90
different
COVID-19
variants
in
its
battle
against
the
pandemic,
including
a
particularly
aggressive
variant
that
has
now
been
detected
in
over
20
U.S.
states
and
three
dozen
countries.
Unlike
the
American
experience
to
date,
nearly
half
of
those
currently
hospitalized
in
Brazil
are
young
people
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.
3.
Approximately
8
million
metric
tons
of
plastic
enter
the
oceans
each
year,
most
of
it
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from
land-based
sources,
and
much
of
that
through
municipalities
in
the
developing
world.
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This is the first in a series of regular blog posts from the Wilson Center's President, Director, and CEO, Ambassador Mark Green.


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