At the current rate of emissions, the Paris goal of limiting warming to 1.5C as a long-term average - rather than a single year - could be crossed within the next decade.
The next sentence is like a punchline.
This would be a hugely symbolic milestone, but researchers say it wouldn’t mark a cliff edge beyond which climate change will spin out of control.
A sexist joke
The doctor is talking to a patient.
“I’ve got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want to hear first?”
“Um… the bad news.”
“Your cancer is only stage 3. You’ve probably got about five years to live.”
“What’s the good news?”
“It’s not stage four! And did you see the hooters on my young sexy nurse?”
The next sentence is like a punchline.
A sexist joke
The doctor is talking to a patient.
“I’ve got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want to hear first?”
“Um… the bad news.”
“Your cancer is only stage 3. You’ve probably got about five years to live.”
“What’s the good news?”
“It’s not stage four! And did you see the hooters on my young sexy nurse?”
someone’s optimistic
He’s always that way. He’s distracted by… you know.