World ‘teetering on edge’ of breaching Paris Agreement, scientists say
The latest IPCC report is out—and current global climate projections are bleak.
The IPCC report confirms we have warmed the planet by 1.07 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels—and those temperatures are already influencing weather patterns.
We’re on track to reach 2.7 degrees Celsius by 2100. However,... See more
instagram.comAnother warning light for the biosphere has just started flashing.The increasing acidification of the ocean - a process driven by the burning of fossil fuels - has crossed its safe limit for the first time ever, putting all marine life and ecosystems at risk.Ocean acidification is the 7th of 9 natural processes that regulate Earth’s... See more
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Burning fossil fuels for more than 200 years has helped create the modern world while delivering great prosperity to developed countries such as the United States, which ranks historically as the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. But it has also led to what scientists now say is a growing crisis. The carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere by... See more
https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-gelles • There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.
The overwhelming threat of climate change has amplified the sense that global capitalism is out of control or that the best we can hope for is to avert catastrophe.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Climate scientists are even beginning to warn that the planet may be closer to a “termination-level event” than had been previously believed.