Germany's government wants to spend €40bn over next 4 years to cut CO₂. This will cut global temps by 0.00018°C
The same money spent on tuberculosis could save more than 10 million lives
What is best?
Time to talk about priorities
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The same money spent on tuberculosis could save more than 10 million lives
What is best?
Time to talk about priorities
dw.com/en/germanys-ru…
Background: not clear how the €40 billion would be spent. I assume that it — generously — could allow Germany to actually reach its 2020 40% below 1990-level emissions. It is right now estimated to reach 32%, so 8% of 1990 1251Mt CO₂e is 100Mt CO₂e
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For 4 years, that is 400Mt CO₂e
IPCC estimates that 3,667 Gt CO₂ can reduce temperatures by 0.8-2.5°C, with the most likely outcome at 0.45°C per 1,000 Gt CO₂.
That translates the 0.4Gt CO₂e roughly into 0.4*0.45/1000=0.00018°C
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
IPCC estimates that 3,667 Gt CO₂ can reduce temperatures by 0.8-2.5°C, with the most likely outcome at 0.45°C per 1,000 Gt CO₂.
That translates the 0.4Gt CO₂e roughly into 0.4*0.45/1000=0.00018°C
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Estimated we can eradicate tuberculosis if we ramp up spending to $13bn/yr, or $5.4bn more on average.
That means Germany's $44.25bn could fund the entire necessary tb spend for the next (44.25/5.4=) 8.2 years, saving about 1.3m lives/yr, or 10.66m lives
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That means Germany's $44.25bn could fund the entire necessary tb spend for the next (44.25/5.4=) 8.2 years, saving about 1.3m lives/yr, or 10.66m lives
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