“…agrees to pursue efforts to limit the increase […] to 1.5° C” Wow! But concrete steps don’t seem in line w/ that? whitehouse.gov/the-press-offi
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the Bloomberg article I read made 1.5 sound like the pie-in-the-sky, 2.0 more realistic.
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I mean, if the idea is “set goal at 1.5 so we hit 2,” that still sounds awfully ambitious for these steps!
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Magical atmospheric CO2 scrubbing technology that does not exist?
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My hope (and a bit of sadness) is the vague approach is because of this. Remaining optimistic.
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As far as I understand they agreed to limit temperature increase, not to reduce emissions. Subtle but important difference.
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Indeed, they even explicitly call for the temperature limit to come from both reduced emissions and CO2 reclamation.
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Wow this is massive. And it contains no placating of oil and coal industries. They might actually be serious.