Countries have a 14% chance of keeping global warming below 1.5C even in the most optimistic scenario where all net-zero pledges are met, according to an analysis by the UN’s environment program. Current emissions-cutting plans put the world on course for up-to 2.9C of global warming and that’s assuming nations fulfill their unconditional commitments.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]6•7 months ago

    Below 1.5C for how long?

    That carbon isn't going anywhere. The pile-on is still accelerating. this-is-fine

    • space_comrade [he/him]3•7 months ago

      That carbon isn't going anywhere.

      Trees and oceans soak it up normally, however trees grow slowly so it's not a viable solution by itself.

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]3•7 months ago

        regardless of "slowly", trees aren't going to magically appear in places they didn't exist before lol
        I've done the calculations, and there is no way to actually reverse the carbon release.

        If the entire world did ecocommunism today, and reforested every single desert (The Sahara, Gobi, Thar, Australia, and all of Arabia/Iran/CAsia/Rocky Mountains), and we also magically forested Antarctica and Greenland, there would STILL be extra carbon in the atmosphere from industrial activity

        I also did this calculation in 2021 so there's now two extra years of carbon on top of that