"Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts"
The UN implies that the only way we'll be able to stop global warming, is if we implement socialism immediatly.
The 1.5°C degree limit is important because once we cross it, a domino-effect of self-reinforcing mechanisms is activated, see:
- https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abn7950
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1810141115
Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene is maybe one of my favorite applied math papers of all time.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1810141115