1/ A new report on global warming is out with a grim prognosis for the planet: We may have as little as 12 years to avoid more dangerous climate change, according to @IPCC_CH.
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3/ The new
#IPCC study stems from that agreement. Here are some key takeaways from the report — which is the latest reminder by the world’s top climate scientists that we need to get much more aggressive about the challenge before us.Show this thread -
4/ 2°C of warming is worse than 1.5°C, and 1.5°C is much worse than the 1°C we’re experiencing now. It turns out there are enormous differences for the planet in that 0.5°C between the two scenarios.https://bit.ly/2yilz79
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5/ We need to get much better at removing carbon from the atmosphere. The TL;DR on pathways to limiting warming to 1.5°C is that they all require drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at an extremely fast pace, including sucking CO2 back out of the air.
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6/ Policies and economics weren’t addressed in the IPCC report, but they’re impossible to ignore — both are huge parts of the equation. Authors of the report were insistent that they were only mandated to look at the science of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
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7/ We’re locked into a difficult scenario. Getting on course for 1.5°C of warming would require slashing global greenhouse gas emissions 45% below 2010 levels by 2030. And those emissions have grown, not fallen, since 2010, so the cut has to be even more drastic now.pic.twitter.com/tUI72LTgU8
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8/ All this adds up to a situation with no easy way out — and there’s no room left for wishful thinking about perfect solutions, dodging consequences, and not having to pay for this now or down the line with interest.https://bit.ly/2yaCeJt
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9/9 Everything we do to mitigate warming will have some benefit, but even the best-case scenario involves drastic changes. And the window to achieve it is quickly closing. Read more from
@umairfan:https://bit.ly/2PnGBaFShow this thread
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