1. "Most people that know anything about trends, inertia & feasibility would say that 2°C would be enormously difficult to meet" says @DMReinerCamb
"I think the speed & suspension of disbelief you need to get to 1.5°C is almost problematic"
wired.co.uk/article/climat…
"I think the speed & suspension of disbelief you need to get to 1.5°C is almost problematic"
wired.co.uk/article/climat…
2. "1.5°C is a global discussion that we have very little control over. By its nature [the 1.5°C target] makes it a discussion about what is China doing, what is India doing, what is Vietnam doing [...] & that starts to feel very disempowering" @DMReinerCamb
3. "If we fail to reach a target it doesn’t mean there is nothing to do. Every tenth of a degree of avoiding climate change is better." @PFriedling
"Perhaps we won't make 1.5 but if we try really hard to get net zero we might make 1.8, or 1.9 or 2°C" @piersforster
"Perhaps we won't make 1.5 but if we try really hard to get net zero we might make 1.8, or 1.9 or 2°C" @piersforster
4. "I'm certainly becoming quite concerned that a lot of people are becoming quite fixated by this 1.5°C [...] [climate scientists] don't care about the 1.5°C as a thing. We care about the impact. We are experiencing the impacts of climate change today", @piersforster
5. "My real worry is that if we try to do something too hard too fast, & that does not get popular support, we won't do it. We need to recognise that the transition can, if done right, result in the creation of new jobs & industries..." @Niallmacdowell
Good article by @mattsreynolds1 (read it all, not just my selection of quotes)
wired.co.uk/article/climat…
wired.co.uk/article/climat…
