'the carbon budget for 1.5C will effectively be blown in about 4 and a half years'.
carbonbrief.org/scientists-com…
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'6 years worth of current emissions would blow the carbon budget for 1.5 degrees'
carbonbrief.org/six-years-wort…
'Update: This article has been superseded by more recent analysis on the 1.5C carbon budget and also the budgets within the IPCC special report on 1.5C'
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'there is more than one way to calculate this allowable amount of additional emissions, known as the “carbon budget”.'
carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-m…
👉 'the idea of a remaining carbon budget simply may not be very useful concept' 👈
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Limiting global warming to below 2C could delay ecosystem collapse.
"it is not too late to act and the benefits of acting now will be massive”
We're set for 3 - 5C.
Damage to ecosystems is already horrific.
There is no carbon budget.carbonbrief.org/deep-emissions…
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