Guest post: Why all fossil fuels must decline rapidly to stay below 1.5C - Carbon Brief
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A new study explores what the mitigation scenarios compiled in the IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6) say about phasing out fossil fuels.

In our new study published in Nature Communications, we explore what the mitigation scenarios compiled in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report (AR6) say about phasing out fossil fuels.

We found that, across all scenarios, global coal, oil and gas supply must decline by an average of 95%, 62% and 42%, respectively, from 2020 to 2050 in order to limit long-term warming to 1.5C with no or limited “overshoot“.

  • GregoryTheGreat
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    1 year ago

    I feel like this is 1.5C thing is like the $15 minimum wage in the USA. It’s been so long and things have gone so poorly that we need new targets and ideas.