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Global warming is projected to exceed 1.8°C, according to McKinsey report

Envirotec Magazine

The report projects a rapid shift in the global energy mix, with the share of renewables in global power generation expected to double in the next 15 years while total fossil fuel demand is projected to peak before 2030, depending on the scenario. C by 2100, and reaching a 1.5°C C pathway is increasingly challenging. To keep the 1.5°C

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We're nearing a critical tipping point with electric vehicles

GreenBiz

Decarbonizing transportation is essential to meet climate goals and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels by 2050.

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Could planting 1 trillion trees counteract climate change?

GreenBiz

billion acres of forest to the world could limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. suggests that adding 2.5 But some researchers aren't so sure.

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In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech

GreenBiz

It says to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius, as outlined in the Paris Accords, we need to severely restrict the total, cumulative amount of greenhouse gases we release into the atmosphere moving forward. Data from IPCC and the Global Carbon Project. So, what does the Carbon Law say?

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Net zero by 2050 is “too little too late”: Scientists make a case for net negative strategies

Envirotec Magazine

A report published on 26 August by an independent group of experts warns that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now “too little too late”, and will not achieve the long-term temperature goals identified in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C C by the end of the century.

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Key World Heritage sites will lose their glaciers by 2050

Inhabitat - Innovation

In addition, even if global warming is curbed below 1.5 One-third of World Heritage sites possessing glaciers will lose their ice by mid-century, according to a U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report. degrees this would still happen.

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Sky-high prices? Estimating the cost of climate-neutral aviation in the future

TechXplore

Aviation currently contributes to about 4% of the global warming that has been observed. As demand for flights is likely to continue to increase, researchers and governments are looking for solutions to make aviation climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest.

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