What do you think: The Right Kind of Tipping Point
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/climate/carbon-emissions-falling-global.html
by Good-Fondant-5044
What do you think: The Right Kind of Tipping Point
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/climate/carbon-emissions-falling-global.html
by Good-Fondant-5044
1 comment
This isn’t the euphoric good news the headline is going for. Even if emissions reach a plateau this year or next, we’re still pumping 36+ billion tons of co2 into the atmosphere each year. All while we’ve exceeded 420ppm co2, a level the earth hasn’t seen in over 3 million years.
The article supposes in order to lock in a mere 1.75°C above preindustrial, we have to hit net zero by 2050.
“Even if every government and business in the world made combating climate change a top priority, it would still take at least two decades, and an estimated $215 trillion, to make a full transition to an emissions-free world.”
The article doesn’t mention how the world will find the political will to do this.