NYT: Earth to Hit Critical Global Warming Threshold by Early 2030s

20.Mar.2023

Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade, and nations will need to make an immediate and drastic shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the planet from overheating dangerously beyond that level, according to a major new report released on Monday.

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The difference between 1.5 degrees of warming and 2 degrees might mean that tens of millions more people worldwide experience life-threatening heat waves, water shortages and coastal flooding. A 1.5-degree world might still have coral reefs and summer Arctic sea ice, while a 2-degree world most likely would not.

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This report troubles me greatly. As a member of one of the world’s richest countries, what am I to think that, even with all our resources, our progress has been far below what is needed?