Did #COP26 keep possibility of 1.5 alive? It depends on your faith in politicians to deliver. Remember UK is building roads and carbon-hungry HS2; drilling for more oil; making it cheaper to fly and drive in Britain. @RishiSunak didn’t mention climate in Budget. Do we trust??
In the USA Biden is struggling with Congress. His Trillion dollar #infrastructure plan will boost driving and flying while creating billions of tonnes of embodied carbon that no-one mentions. COP26 is yet another iteration of BAU.
Anyway who says 1.5 is safe?
Anyway who says 1.5 is safe?
If you live in #Lytton you probably think 1.1 is a tad on the warm side. We don’t know if Siberia will now see regular flames. COP was a triumph of UK diplomacy (don’t worry about coal - no-one will invest in it now). But I’m afraid it’s not remotely good enough for the climate
Good luck
Truth is we should have been here 20 years ago. @ECIU_UK @carbonbrief @_richardblack @Revkin @MattMcGrathBBC @davidshukmanbbc @BBCJustinR @Mabeytweet
Forgot to say; the bolt-ons to the COP deal were a great idea by UK, bringing coalitions of the willing into finance, cars, methane, innovation and forests. A way of dodging the COP’s death by consensus
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