Why are we still pretending we’re going to stay below 1.5C? This article feels criminally misleading.
“The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years”
We’re already periodically hitting 1.5C this year, so how long do we actually have to reduce emissions in order to stay under 1.5C?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/26/staggering-green-growth-gives-hope-for-15c-says-global-energy-head
#ClimateChange #climate #climatecrisis
Brendan Jones /
npub1rj…l4ykw
2023-09-26 08:49:50
Author Public Key
npub1rj603en99n3hh66kykfl8wpdq74ka0mdt9vq976sfu9dwk04h5lsfl4ykwPublished at
2023-09-26 08:49:50Event JSON
{
"id": "bf8c3dc6afbfe55126846d2cc426ce02ab55aea8edb273f118aff9e1acd5abb5",
"pubkey": "1cb4f8e6652ce37beb562593f3b82d07ab6ebf6d595802fb504f0ad759f5bd3f",
"created_at": 1695718190,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"climatechange"
],
[
"t",
"climate"
],
[
"t",
"climatecrisis"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://fosstodon.org/users/Brendanjones/statuses/111130587351716121",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "Why are we still pretending we’re going to stay below 1.5C? This article feels criminally misleading. \n\n“The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years”\n\nWe’re already periodically hitting 1.5C this year, so how long do we actually have to reduce emissions in order to stay under 1.5C?\n\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/26/staggering-green-growth-gives-hope-for-15c-says-global-energy-head\n\n #ClimateChange #climate #climatecrisis",
"sig": "02d0d48686bb6825413ae5c1b1edcdc72a46eae5d0cac3b3df2dec8cec5680b5d9baf0a99a35f7d589cab88af01a9fab61b8e214a03ac63fb5ed4ec2254d3d42"
}