silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months agoThe world is reducing its reliance on fossil fuels – except for in three key sectors: shipping, aviation and industry a long way from net zerowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkThe world is reducing its reliance on fossil fuels – except for in three key sectors: shipping, aviation and industry a long way from net zerowww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squaresinkingship@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 months agoI like this graph from the article: Wasn’t it 2028 when the carbon budget for 1.5 °C runs out? And 2050 or so for 2 °C? Lol
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThe dates on which budgets run out depend on the rate at which we continue to extract and burn fossil fuels. Future projections depend enormously on policy. Change policy, and those curves change.
minus-squaresinkingship@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYou are correct with both points. I merely wanted to point out, how far we are from reaching the Paris Agreement. 1.5 may or not be a little later than 2028. The fossil consumption lines may or not be a little flatter.
I like this graph from the article:
Wasn’t it 2028 when the carbon budget for 1.5 °C runs out? And 2050 or so for 2 °C? Lol
The dates on which budgets run out depend on the rate at which we continue to extract and burn fossil fuels.
Future projections depend enormously on policy. Change policy, and those curves change.
You are correct with both points. I merely wanted to point out, how far we are from reaching the Paris Agreement.
1.5 may or not be a little later than 2028. The fossil consumption lines may or not be a little flatter.