Thursday, 28 October 2021

Firmly in the Slow Lane!

The new Systems Change Lab report looked at 40 different areas, where urgent global change is needed, to avoid the worst consequences of climate change (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/world-failing-make-changes-avoid-climate-breakdown-report). The areas analysed importantly included transport; land use and coastal zone management; agriculture; finance; industry; buildings, power and technological carbon removal. The transformational changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, were not evident in any area. Trends limiting climate change, were either too slow or even currently going into reverse. Limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Centigrade above pre-Industrial levels seems an increasingly big ask. One also has to emphasise there is no guarantee that limiting change to 1.5 degree rise will be 'safe'.
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