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"For three decades, the goal of international climate negotiations has been to
avoid “dangerous” warming above 1.5°C. With warming to date standing at around
1.2°C, we haven’t quite reached the zone we labelled dangerous and pledged to
avoid.
But recent scientific assessments suggest we’re on the brink of passing that
milestone. Within this decade, global annual temperatures will likely exceed
1.5°C above the pre-industrial average for at least one year. This threshold
was already briefly passed for the month of July 2023 during the Northern
summer.
The question is, how do we manage this period of “overshoot” and bring
temperatures back down? The goal will be to restore a more habitable climate,
as fast as possible.
Today an independent group of global leaders released a major report. The
Climate Overshoot Commission offers guidance at this crucial time. So far the
report’s call for an immediate moratorium on “solar radiation management”
(deflecting the sun’s rays to reduce warming) has attracted the most attention.
But the details of other recommendations deserve closer inspection."
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
