“The 1.5C goal was already on life support before Glasgow and now it’s about time to declare it dead.”The great @ClimateOpp with one of many damning moments in this Associated Press story. (1/x) apnews.com/article/climat…
“The United Nations calculated that to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, countries need to cut their emissions in half by 2030. Emissions are now going up, not down, by about 14% since 2010.”
“German researcher @poertner_hans said the Glasgow conference ‘got work done, but did not make enough progress. … Warming will by far exceed 2 degrees Celsius. This development threatens nature, human life, livelihoods, habitats and also prosperity.’”
“‘Heading out of Glasgow we have shaved maybe 0.1C off of warming ... for a best-estimate of 2.3C warming,’ Breakthrough Institute climate scientist and director @hausfath said.”
“‘There is no plausible way to limit warming to 1.5 or even 2 (degrees) if coal is not phased out ... and as rapidly as possible, along with oil and gas,’ said MIT’s John Sterman.”
“‘I went into the (conference) thinking 1.5C was still alive, and it appears the world’s leaders just didn’t have the backbone for that,’ said @GreatLakesPeck.” (X/x)
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