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The IPCC report brings the future of the climate into clearer focus

Envirotec Magazine

The IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) combined the bad news, that a global temperature rise of 1.5°C C is now more or less inevitable by 2040, with what many present as the relative good news, that a widespread commitment to net zero is “extremely likely” to keep temperatures below 2°C. Sliding scale. by the end of the century.

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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

The IPCC tends to present its latest dossier of evidence roughly every seven to eight years. The optimal target set out in the Paris Agreement and agreed to by almost 200 countries around the world is to limit average temperature rises to 1.5C At present, the climate is around 1.1C And today the IPCC concluded the 1.5C

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

If we move forward it will be because we face the shameful environmental neglect of the past, the woeful inadequacy of the present and the hopelessness of a future in which we fail to act. Agricultural shortfalls will be further exacerbated by ocean acidification, which is another corollary of rising levels of atmospheric CO2.

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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Business Green

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Not so moral money?

Business Green

But if you cannot see how such substantial and interlocking impacts could present a financial risk that is worth considering you should arguably not be left to handle scissors unsupervised, let alone manage millions of pounds of other people's money. Now it is true that humanity might find ways to mitigate and adapt to these impacts.

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A Green Christmas Carol

Green Market Oracle

If we move forward it will be because we face the shameful environmental neglect of the past, the woeful inadequacy of the present and the hopelessness of a future in which we fail to act. Agricultural shortfalls will be further exacerbated by ocean acidification, which is another corollary of rising levels of atmospheric CO2.

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Reaching net zero requires climate intervention and aggressive mitigation

Business Green

With respect to the warnings of the severity of climate change, this is presently far from the case. At present, the construction of an industrial plant large enough reduce the atmospheric CO 2 concentration by one ppm per year (7.81 Currently, international emissions reductions are falling well short of even the 1.9 Gt challenge.