flâneur

How the world gave up on 1.5 degrees | Grist

grist.org · 2,421 words · saved by 1 readers

A decade after the Paris Agreement, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton trace how we've kept on with business as usual.

When, at the annual United Nations climate conference in Paris in 2015, the countries of the world agreed to the goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, it seemed possible, probable even, that humanity was on track to avoid the worst effects of climate change. This new target was even more stringent than the one proposed seven years prior in Kyoto, reflecting advancements in scientific research and policymakers’ willingness to meet the urgency of the moment. Champions of the Paris Agreement, as it was called, included both the world’s…

saved by

related reading