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Will Global Warming Be Limited to 1.5°C or "Well Below" 2°C?
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Will Global Warming Be Limited to 1.5°C or "Well Below" 2°C?
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Michael Mann
Keeping global warming to 1.5C is "entirely doable" and "simply a matter of political willpower."
Apr 03, 2021
Guardian
Sheldon Whitehouse
"At this point it is virtually certain we will blow through [the 1.5C] target."
Mar 16, 2023
FT
Jim Skea
"Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible [to limit global warming to 1.5C]"
Apr 04, 2022
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Bill Gates
We won't have "extreme cases like of 4 degrees [Celsius] warming," but will "miss the 2-degree goal."
Dec 01, 2023
CNBC
António Guterres
Efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees are "on life support."
Sep 21, 2022
UN News
Greta Thunberg
The EU "needs a minimum of 80% reduction by 2030" if it is to "stay within the carbon budget for the 2C limit."
Feb 21, 2019
Guardian
World Meteorological Organization
"The chance of at least one year [in the next five] exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is 24%."
Jan 01, 2020
Libarary.WMO
António Guterres
'"On our current path... we will reach that 1.5-degree limit sometime in the 2030s."
Mar 20, 2023
CBC
Greta Thunberg
"[C]utting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees."
Sep 23, 2019
NPR Online News
Simon Stiell
"We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5C world."
Oct 26, 2022
New Scientist
Michael Mann
"The problem isn't physics, it's politics... [a]nd political obstacles can be overcome."
Jan 18, 2024
CNN
António Guterres
"Present trends are racing our planet down a dead-end 3C temperature rise."
Nov 20, 2023
Guardian
Myles Allen
"To achieve a 1.5C world, we need to invest around 2.8% of global GDP into the energy system between now and 2050."
Jul 28, 2021
World Economic Forum
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