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Official Emission Reduction Calculations Only Give 50-50 Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

photo: IRRI Images / Creative Commons With COP16 just ended and some hope of multilateral action on climate revived a new report from Friends of the Earth highlights an important point in all these discussions: Current official calculations on emission reductions only give us a 50% chance of keeping temperature rise below 2°C. That’s not what nations have pledged to do mind you, which certainly won’t keep temperature rise below that critical thr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Official Emission Reduction Calculations Only Give 50-50 Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

Official Emission Reduction Calculations Only Give 50-50 Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

photo: IRRI Images / Creative Commons With COP16 just ended and some hope of multilateral action on climate revived a new report from Friends of the Earth highlights an important point in all these discussions: Current official calculations on emission reductions only give us a 50% chance of keeping temperature rise below 2°C. That’s not what nations have pledged to do mind you, which certainly won’t keep temperature rise below that critical thr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Official Emission Reduction Calculations Only Give 50-50 Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe