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My annual presentation: trends in decarbonization.
The long view; trends and transience; net zero as evolution and revolution. Everything from surface humidity to Nordic heat pump sales to hydrocarbon gravimetric density to hyperobjects.
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The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Stand | Johan Rockström | TED
youtube.comAccording to the IPCC, just stabilizing human influences on the climate would require global annual per capita emissions of CO2 to fall to less than one ton by 2075, a level comparable to today’s emissions from such countries as Haiti, Yemen, and Malawi. For comparison, 2015 annual per capita emissions from the United States, Europe, and China
... See moreSteven E. Koonin • Unsettled
Look for the ones that are setting themselves up to get to zero. Their emissions might not be changing much now,
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Currently, the biggest contributors to the climate crisis can be broken down into five categories: Making things, such as steel and plastic, accounts for 31 percent of our 51 billion tons of emissions. Plugging in, or electricity, accounts for 27 percent. Growing things, like plants and animals for food, accounts for 19 percent. Getting around – be... See more
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Random House Large Print)
The facts are brutal. To stay under 1.5°C, the global economy can burn only a fixed amount more carbon, which at time of publication, the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change estimated at approximately 275 gigatons and

