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We are past the point where stopping burning fossil fuels or planting trees is sufficient to meet the Paris goal of 1.5 degrees of warming. The IPCC scenarios n
by makerofspoons 6y ago
We are past the point where stopping burning fossil fuels or planting trees is sufficient to meet the Paris goal of 1.5 degrees of warming. The IPCC scenarios now include some degree of geoengineering in the form of carbon sequestration: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/SR15_Slide_Deck.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/SR15...
This technology is unproven- should it fail to be developed and scale then a sunshade might be on the table.
- xeyownt 6y agoWith the same logic, let's add the option to move to another planet.