Hi @GrogsGamut
Could you explain to your readers that the carbon 'budget' for dire 1.8C of global warming may already be negative (ie too late), and that we may be very close to a negative budget for deeply catastrophic 2C which may hit by 2034 and will likely hit by 2045 or so?
Could you explain to your readers that the carbon 'budget' for dire 1.8C of global warming may already be negative (ie too late), and that we may be very close to a negative budget for deeply catastrophic 2C which may hit by 2034 and will likely hit by 2045 or so?
'17% (one-in-six) chance that the remaining carbon budget for 1.5C has already been exceeded'
Even with net-zero 2030 we could head well over 1.5C towards the theoretical Hothouse Earth danger zone.
The 1.75C 'budget' may have already been exceeded too.
carbonbrief.org/guest-post-ref…
Even with net-zero 2030 we could head well over 1.5C towards the theoretical Hothouse Earth danger zone.
The 1.75C 'budget' may have already been exceeded too.
carbonbrief.org/guest-post-ref…
Until the public grasps the extreme mind-boggling urgency, there will be no meaningful action.
Thread confirming that today, with average temperature already at 1.25C (using a conservative, probably misleading C19th baseline), 1.8C may already be gone:
Thread confirming that today, with average temperature already at 1.25C (using a conservative, probably misleading C19th baseline), 1.8C may already be gone:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1354895319692152837?s=20
Even the most optimistic future 'pathways' imagined by scientists for keeping tems as low as possible (1.5C or below), which are now highly unlikely, could actually lead to 2C as there's so much uncertainty. They could also lead to 1C in theory, but we're already at 1.25C so..👇
The public doesn't have this crucial information. It's utterly extraordinary.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1354898328685846530?s=20
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