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"There's an extremely important and hopeful paper out in Nature this week. The
researchers find that if all the countries of the world fulfil their climate
commitments, we will likely limit climate change to just under 2°C. To put this
in context, when we started this newsletter in 2015, the world was on track for
4-5°C. Seven years later, we're in a position to meet the Paris Agreement.
What's even more encouraging about the paper is that the modeling only looks at
national pledges, and doesn’t account for the more ambitious plans of cities,
states, and corporations. Volkswagen's zero emissions strategy after all, has a
bigger impact than Guinea’s, and California’s decarbonization plans matter more
than Tuvalu's.
What does this mean for the climate emergency? The bad news is that 1.5°C is no
longer in reach because the fossil fuels industry managed to delay action for
so many years. That's a tragedy. The good news is that staying below 2°C now
seems eminently possible. It's going to require an enormous amount of work, and
there are plenty of battles still to come. But the horror scenarios of just a
few years ago are no longer in play, and that's gotta be worth celebrating."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
