Even if you’re an optimist, Earth is currently on track for an uncertain fate. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that global greenhouse gasses (GHG) need to be cut by 45 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050 in order to avoid “catastrophic warming” of 2°C above preindustrial levels.

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Many scientists believe that even the UN’s report isn’t radical enough, arguing that the planet’s so-called “carbon budget” is already spent and that 2°C of warming is already locked-in. While the IPCC report suggests that a rapid rollout of renewable energy technologies and some largely untested and even undeveloped carbon capture technologies could resolve the climate emergency, such a solution doesn’t address the findings of another UN body.

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According to the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, over one million species of life are at risk of extinction , threatening the […]

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