Possible 2050 America

Buried in an article which has disaster in every phrase, this article was referred to, in USA TODAY.  The following are excerpts from that more positive article.

On Earth Day, scientists tell us what 2050 could be like. Their answers might surprise you.

Elizabeth Weise

USA TODAY

Climate news can seem dire with little hope for a better world. Talk to climate scientists, engineers and researchers, however, and they see a different future – a positive one that's well within our reach.   

For Earth Day 2023, instead of imagining the worst, USA TODAY invites you to envision the best. Conversations with a dozen experts give a glimpse of what a time traveler from today might see as they experience life a generation from now in a United States that put its mind to solving climate change – no miracles or as-yet-uninvented technology needed. 

As climate futurist Alex Steffen says, "The big secret here is not how bad things are but how good they can get – if we move fast enough." 

So imagine it's now 2050. Hard work, cutting-edge engineering, America’s nimble business culture and a bipartisan pivot pushed by voters and corporations alike have allowed the United States to achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Problems still remain, of course. The world’s seas have risen a foot, inundating many coastal cities. Multiple plant and animal species are on the brink because of habitat change and destruction. Hotter, drier and more erratic weather has hurt farming and farmers. The massive shifting of population because of flooding and in some places heat is an ongoing social calamity.

Though relocating millions of Americans wasn't cheap or easy, the new inland cities are more compact, with accessible green areas interspersed among apartment buildings and some single-family homes. This density makes them more walkable, with light rail, buses and self-driving vans offering easy access to transit. 

To help pull more carbon out of the air and stabilize coastal systems, mangrove forests and seaside ecosystems have been restored, suggests Romany Webb, a research scholar at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University in New York City. Offshore oil and gas rigs have been repurposed to grow kelp and other seaweeds to nurture sealife. 

The "turning torso tower" in Malmo Sweeden which is working to be carbon neutral by 2030. An engineering dream of having heat/cooling systems that are ecologically sound.

The article mentioned many other aspects of having a better future with a climate crisis somewhat averted.