This great piece on hope and #climateChange by @drvox reminds me of @alexsteffen's powerful thread on "Is it too late" (answer: "No, it's not").
https://twitter.com/AlexSteffen/status/943940259896684545 … Alex also points to @MichaelEMann who reminds us, "Now is the very worst time to give up." https://twitter.com/drvox/status/1078190807490846720 …
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"Even [half a degree] warming could expose tens of millions more people worldwide to life-threatening heat waves, water shortages & coastal flooding. Half a degree may mean the diff btw a world w coral reefs & Arctic summer sea ice & a world without them." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html …
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From the article: “Holding warming to 1.5 degrees, the report said, would entail a staggering transformation of the global energy system beyond what world leaders are contemplating today.”
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still true two months later!
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“Virtually all of the coal plants and gasoline-burning vehicles on the planet would need to be quickly replaced with zero-carbon alternatives.”
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“In addition, the report said, the world would have to swiftly develop and deploy technology to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year — using technology that is still untested at large scales.”
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