It proposed a new goal of limiting the “overshoot” of rising temperatures and eventually figuring out how to undo the temperature gains, a highly uncertain path.
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It proposed a new goal of limiting the “overshoot” of rising temperatures and eventually figuring out how to undo the temperature gains, a highly uncertain path.
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They’re not yet at runaway. If we drop emissons to zero, then temperatures stabilize within a human lifetime
Lmao
You realize we’re already locked in for between 4-10C in warming, with the highest probability being at 6C, right? That’s if you stopped all emissions right now.
We’d be hit with an immediate 1-1.5C in warming as we lose the cooling effect of all the particulates (like diesel exhaust) in the atmosphere, pushing us to +3-3.5C. From there, the natural feedback loops take care of the rest.
The amount locked in is more like 2°C if we did a crash shift off fossil fuels and meat. Those higher numbers presuppose that people won’t forcibly shut down fossil fuel using plants and equipment before the end of its useful life.
We’re almost at 2C already and that’s with the cooling effect from all of the particulates.