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The world’s most ambitious climate goal is essentially out of reach

Grist

But hidden on page 25 of the “Summary for Policymakers” was an even grimmer note: That even in the IPCC’s most optimistic models, the chances of holding global warming to less than 1.5 When nations gathered in France in 2015, they initially were aiming to keep global temperatures “well below 2 degrees Celsius.” Far from it.

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You Can't Say You Haven't Been Warned

Green Market Oracle

A half century ago climate models accurately predicted global warming. A brief review of climate science shows us that we have known about the dangers of a warming planet since the 1950s. Seven years ago the IEA and the WRI warned that we need to stop burning fossil fuels. These warnings are not new.

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Can the world overshoot its climate targets — and then fix it later?

Grist

degrees Celsius of global warming that has occurred to date. In the broadest sense, overshoot is a future where the world does not cut carbon quickly enough to limit global warming to 1.5 Global warming coming back down is not going to bring you that species back,” she said. Warming of 1.5

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Kids May be Our Best Hope of Getting Through to Climate Deniers

Green Market Oracle

According to a 2018 Gallup poll , there is a global warming age gap. They are aware that we are not doing what we must to address biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and extreme weather including devastating heat waves. Studies show that kids can influence adults in ways that very few others can.

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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

degrees Celsius above preindustrial norms (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2018), however, we are rapidly running out of time as we are already more than two thirds of the way there. An IPCC report (2018) indicates that all remaining gas and coal fired power plants need CCS technology.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Motivated by New York Governor Cuomo’s willingness to consider banning hydrofracking, Jacobson worked through the night to layer New York’s pollution, human health, morbidity and global warming data into a cohesive model. Photo of Mark Jacobson and Stacy Clark, August 1, 2018. to 4 million deaths that occur worldwide, each year.”

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‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on Climate Denial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science

DeSmogBlog

The movie is an allegory for climate change , showing how those with the power to do something about global warming willfully avoid taking action and how those with vested interests can mislead the public. But it also reflects science denial more broadly, including what the world has been seeing with COVID-19. In the U.S.