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> Renewable energy is growing faster than expected, and population growth is slowing faster than expected It will be decades before we can see the results of t
by pier25 4y ago
> Renewable energy is growing faster than expected, and population growth is slowing faster than expected
It will be decades before we can see the results of those actions.
> We do not appear to be on track to meet worst cases scenarios from the IPCC
The worst as in reaching +5ºC on average around 2100? Maybe not, but we're 100% going to shoot beyond +2ºC global avg in the coming decades.
But it gets worse.
Europe is warming at 2x the global avg.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/europes-climate-warming-at-twice-rate-of-global-average-says-report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/europes-...
The Arctic is warming 4x the global avg.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00498-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00498-3
The Arctic has a huge influence on the climate of Europe and NA. Also the warming will trigger climatic feedbacks (arctic ice, methane, etc) if that hasn't happened already. There's no human way to stop feedbacks. It's like trying to stop an earthquake.
Etc.
So yeah, things are looking pretty dire.