If we demand large-scale, effective programs from leaders in business and government, thereโs still a path forward โ but the longer we dilly dally, the more costly and tragic the consequences will be.
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This isnโt alarmism. Itโs about scale. If weโre serious about minimizing damage and building anything resembling resilience, we canโt afford to waste another minute on halfway measures.
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Incremental policy isnโt going to get us where we need to go. Itโs time to stop treating this like a distant risk and start treating it like a structural emergency โ one that requires deep shifts in how we generate energy, move capital, and define growth.
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As a new scientific study makes clear, weโre facing $28 trillion in heat-driven damages, directly tied to fossil fuel emissions.
Thatโs not theoretical. Thatโs the cost of inaction.
So the question isnโt โcan we still stay below 1.5ยฐC?โ The question is: what now?
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This isnโt just about climate targets slipping out of reach. Itโs about what is already happening to the Earth as its ice sheets and glaciers melt, oceans acidify and overheat, coral reefs die, droughts worsen, crops fail, and storms intensify.
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Keeping average global surface temperature from rising more than 1.5ยฐC was an ambitious goal, given that atmospheric concentrations of global greenhouse gases have been rising relentlessly. Now we seem fated to pass that 1.5ยฐC milestone.
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The UN's World Meteorological Organization now expects us to cross the 1.5ยฐC average global surface temperature heating threshold within two years, meaning the Earthโs average temperature will be 1.5ยฐC (2.7ยฐF) higher than preindustrial levels.
(Image: Dzmitry Dzemidovich / Big Stock Photo)
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I recently had the pleasure of joining Dr. Chris Meek once again on his podcast, Next Steps Forward, about where the climate crisis really stands and what must happen next. From decarbonization to political will, this is about action grounded in science and real-world solutions. tinyurl.com/4xu9677j
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