The +4 C scenario was based on certain trends in emissions continuing without end. The past decade has shown that emissions really can be tackled. The most recent projects show below +4 C given current trends, and that can always be bent further.
Hopefully India will start planning a little more vigorously after this current heat wave. While its citizens have a low per capita emission rate currently, their large population could spell trouble as living standards rise.
And of course for Europe, the US, Australia, etc. there needs to be much more work. I’m particularly worried about the political situation in my own country of the US. While there is some progress on the local/stage level, the whole country is designed around car-centric urban sprawl. It feels like 95% of the country runs on car brain.
The +4 C scenario was based on certain trends in emissions continuing without end. The past decade has shown that emissions really can be tackled. The most recent projects show below +4 C given current trends, and that can always be bent further.
Hopefully India will start planning a little more vigorously after this current heat wave. While its citizens have a low per capita emission rate currently, their large population could spell trouble as living standards rise.
And of course for Europe, the US, Australia, etc. there needs to be much more work. I’m particularly worried about the political situation in my own country of the US. While there is some progress on the local/stage level, the whole country is designed around car-centric urban sprawl. It feels like 95% of the country runs on car brain.