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You cannot skip the step of facing reality…
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You cannot skip the step of facing reality…

By cCc|2021-01-22T06:39:27-05:00December 20th, 2020|Climate Emergency, Health|

(a little dated but an excellent point...) […] Jilly Edgar, [...]

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Facing the Climate Emergency: Grieving The Future You Thought You Had
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Facing the Climate Emergency: Grieving The Future You Thought You Had

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Facing the Climate Emergency: Grieving The Future You Thought You Had

By Navia|2021-01-22T06:29:12-05:00January 25th, 2020|Climate Change, Climate Emergency|

Published on Sunday, June 23, 2019 by Common Dreams Facing [...]

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The Truth Allows Us to Grow
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The Truth Allows Us to Grow

By Navia|2021-01-22T06:19:40-05:00January 15th, 2020|Climate Change, Climate Emergency|

The Truth Allows Us to Grow Facing the truth makes [...]

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“Missing” Words Matter

The IPCC’s Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C – Summary for Policymakers, states in section TS.2 Pg. 33 that:

…to achieve the goal of reaching “2050 net zero” and limit a dangerous overshoot of 1.5°C we need to reduce net anthropogenic (human caused) CO2 emissions by about 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching net zero by 2050.

Did you see what happened? Politicians have conveniently chosen to skip the part that stresses the urgent need to “reduce CO2 emissions by about 45% from 2010 levels by 2030…”

This is a huge omission and manipulation of the meaning in the IPCC report. It minimizes the need for urgent and immediate action which is so vital to protecting us from an uncontrolled overshoot of 1.5°C. It’s not, choose your preference A or B, 2030 or 2050; those concepts and dates go together – it’s a linear relationship. A reduction in emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 is on the path to B…”2050 net zero”…that’s how you get there. - Source