Rolfs länktips 12 december 2024
Yet somehow, none of this is “hot enough” to compel humanity to reverse course.
This has been the hottest year in recorded human history.
Its unprecedented temperatures stoked devastating wildfires, floods, cyclones, droughts and heat waves that cost thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic damage.
At the rate we’re going, it will also be one of the coolest, calmest years any of us will ever experience again.
How Hot Does It Need to Get to Spur Climate Action?
This year was the warmest on record, yet humanity shows little wherewithal to reverse course.
Given current policies and practices, the world isn’t even on track to limit warming to 2.8C, a recent United Nations report warned.
In just a few years, the window to hold heating to 1.5C will slam shut.
Mark Gongloff Bloomberg 11 december 2024
Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.
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