What is the carbon budget, and what happens if we don’t reach it? Why is 1.5 degrees warming our target? What does 1.5C mean, is that how much hotter the globe is now compared to 200 years ago? If we reach the carbon budget, does that mean climate change will become 100% irreversible and the earth will heat up until humanity has to move off-planet?
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The school of thought is basically if we don’t stop and pass that point, by 2050, the planet will struggle in ways we’ve never seen before.
Droughts, more humidity, crazier weather, etc.
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