Did Xi Just Save the World
?
foreignpolicy.com
In a little-noticed speech this week, China permanently changed the global fight against climate change.
  • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    https://xkcd.com/1732/

    This is the clearest and most concise I've ever seen it presented. I'll try to find the expert quote I heard about that 1.5C comment, one sec

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Here's a digestable surface level news site talking about the significance of the half degree between 1.5 and 2 extolling the insanity of 5-8

      https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45678338

      • LibsEatPoop [any]
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        4 years ago

        thanks for the xkcd and the news article. damn that's scary.

        • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          Of course. I'm sorry I can't find anything salient about how terrible anything above 2C is. If anyone wants to help I'd be grateful, but I'm going to continue on from here.

          My gut tells me it was the citations needed episode 108 where I would have heard something like this - it's absolutely something everyone should check out as it is the official podcast of the Lemmy