Seven Hard Truths about the Climate Crisis

02 Apr 2024 | Abstracted from The Walrus

"Like soon-to-be bankrupts, we can go on fiddling the books for a while longer, but we cannot stay below the 1.5°C

"...dirty secret about the Paris deal and the <+1.5°C aspirational limit: the target could never have been achieved by cutting emissions alone."

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