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Vulnerable nations need more funding for spiralling climate damage, say experts | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Amid escalating climate impacts, finance for loss and damage must be drastically scaled up to protect communities on the frontline.
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Amid escalating climate disasters like #HurricaneMelissa, which was made four times more likely by climate change, finance for #LossAndDamage must be drastically scaled up, say climate experts.
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⚖️Polluters on trial: how climate science is rocking the courtroom
Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
⚖️Polluters on trial: how climate science is rocking the courtroom
Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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Following a raft of disappointing climate pledges at #COP30, what role can climate science play in holding major polluters to account? 🧵
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#COP30: Imperial researchers react to ‘deeply disappointing’ climate talks
In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
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In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
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November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#COP30: Imperial researchers react to ‘deeply disappointing’ climate talks
In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
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In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵
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New text @cop30brazil.bsky.social provides a glimpse of where #COP30 might land.
Some reflections on references to science and evidence. /1
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Some reflections on references to science and evidence. /1
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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New text @cop30brazil.bsky.social provides a glimpse of where #COP30 might land.
Some reflections on references to science and evidence. /1
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
Some reflections on references to science and evidence. /1
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
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This COP has been deeply disappointing. It claimed to be a COP of action, but all comments on fossil fuels, and even most comments on deforestation that this COP was supposed to highlight, have been removed from the final text. Being literally on fire at one point was a fitting metaphor.
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This COP has been deeply disappointing. It claimed to be a COP of action, but all comments on fossil fuels, and even most comments on deforestation that this COP was supposed to highlight, have been removed from the final text. Being literally on fire at one point was a fitting metaphor.
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Spent Saturday night reviewing the final #COP30 Belém draft text. A friend joked it counts as “light reading.”
Unfortunately, it is very much a light read.
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Unfortunately, it is very much a light read.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Spent Saturday night reviewing the final #COP30 Belém draft text. A friend joked it counts as “light reading.”
Unfortunately, it is very much a light read.
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Unfortunately, it is very much a light read.
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Last week we welcomed guests to the Zero Ready Dinner. A showcase of the inspirational @undaunted-hq.bsky.social partnership with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and the @granthamicl.bsky.social, introducing our audience to our journey towards net zero at our Grade I listed home.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Last week we welcomed guests to the Zero Ready Dinner. A showcase of the inspirational @undaunted-hq.bsky.social partnership with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and the @granthamicl.bsky.social, introducing our audience to our journey towards net zero at our Grade I listed home.
⚠️Extreme Iran drought wouldn’t have happened without climate change
Human-induced climate change made the rainfall and temperature conditions that led to the ongoing drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran more severe, according to new analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social 🧵
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Human-induced climate change made the rainfall and temperature conditions that led to the ongoing drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran more severe, according to new analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social 🧵
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November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
⚠️Extreme Iran drought wouldn’t have happened without climate change
Human-induced climate change made the rainfall and temperature conditions that led to the ongoing drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran more severe, according to new analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social 🧵
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Human-induced climate change made the rainfall and temperature conditions that led to the ongoing drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran more severe, according to new analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social 🧵
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Event: How to talk to your family & friends about climate change
Join Dr @drdaniellawatson.bsky.social at @climatecares.bsky.social for this hybrid event on how to approach conversations about the climate crisis with empathy, clarity and confidence.
📅2 Dec
⏰2-3pm
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Join Dr @drdaniellawatson.bsky.social at @climatecares.bsky.social for this hybrid event on how to approach conversations about the climate crisis with empathy, clarity and confidence.
📅2 Dec
⏰2-3pm
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November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Event: How to talk to your family & friends about climate change
Join Dr @drdaniellawatson.bsky.social at @climatecares.bsky.social for this hybrid event on how to approach conversations about the climate crisis with empathy, clarity and confidence.
📅2 Dec
⏰2-3pm
ow.ly/LvkK50XuzRj
Join Dr @drdaniellawatson.bsky.social at @climatecares.bsky.social for this hybrid event on how to approach conversations about the climate crisis with empathy, clarity and confidence.
📅2 Dec
⏰2-3pm
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Amid escalating climate disasters like #HurricaneMelissa, which was made four times more likely by climate change, finance for #LossAndDamage must be drastically scaled up, say climate experts.
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
Vulnerable nations need more funding for spiralling climate damage, say experts | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Amid escalating climate impacts, finance for loss and damage must be drastically scaled up to protect communities on the frontline.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Amid escalating climate disasters like #HurricaneMelissa, which was made four times more likely by climate change, finance for #LossAndDamage must be drastically scaled up, say climate experts.
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
▶️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271133/...
When delegates arrived in Belém for #COP30, they stepped into the humid heart of the Brazilian Amazon, a striking contrast to just 14 months earlier, when the region was blanketed in smoke from the largest Amazonian wildfires in at least forty years🧵
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When the forest burns: climate change, wildfires, and Indigenous adaptation in the Amazon
Indigenous-led fire management is not only a matter of climate justice; it is a precondition for safeguarding the Amazon’s future.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
When delegates arrived in Belém for #COP30, they stepped into the humid heart of the Brazilian Amazon, a striking contrast to just 14 months earlier, when the region was blanketed in smoke from the largest Amazonian wildfires in at least forty years🧵
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On Wednesday, I'll be on a panel about climate justice at COP30 in Belem. We'll be talking about indigenous rights, community judgement of COPs and what climate justice looks like - I'll be more on the metrics and less on the social side of these questions!
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
On Wednesday, I'll be on a panel about climate justice at COP30 in Belem. We'll be talking about indigenous rights, community judgement of COPs and what climate justice looks like - I'll be more on the metrics and less on the social side of these questions!
#COP30 official side event
From Science to Solutions: Advancing Equitable Heat Resilience in a Warming World.
Co-organised by CEEW, @climatecentral.org, @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social.
📍Side Event Room 4 | Blue Zone
📅19 November
🕐15.00-16.30 BRT
From Science to Solutions: Advancing Equitable Heat Resilience in a Warming World.
Co-organised by CEEW, @climatecentral.org, @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social.
📍Side Event Room 4 | Blue Zone
📅19 November
🕐15.00-16.30 BRT
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#COP30 official side event
From Science to Solutions: Advancing Equitable Heat Resilience in a Warming World.
Co-organised by CEEW, @climatecentral.org, @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social.
📍Side Event Room 4 | Blue Zone
📅19 November
🕐15.00-16.30 BRT
From Science to Solutions: Advancing Equitable Heat Resilience in a Warming World.
Co-organised by CEEW, @climatecentral.org, @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social.
📍Side Event Room 4 | Blue Zone
📅19 November
🕐15.00-16.30 BRT
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Reminder: Our 5th GGR Insights webinar takes place this coming Wednesday! Join us to hear all about why monitoring, reporting & verification are so essential to sustainable greenhouse gas removal. co2re.org/events/ggr-i...
GGR Insights: MRV for sustainable and credible GGR in a global context - CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub
This is the fifth in our GGR Insights series of online webinars. In this series, we present the latest research and debate what is needed to enable the sustainable scale-up of greenhouse gas removal (...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reminder: Our 5th GGR Insights webinar takes place this coming Wednesday! Join us to hear all about why monitoring, reporting & verification are so essential to sustainable greenhouse gas removal. co2re.org/events/ggr-i...
To be Paris Agreement compatible, the label 'abated fossil fuels' needs to apply to Carbon Capture and Storage applications with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis.
This requires four things...🧵
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#COP30
This requires four things...🧵
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#COP30
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
To be Paris Agreement compatible, the label 'abated fossil fuels' needs to apply to Carbon Capture and Storage applications with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis.
This requires four things...🧵
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#COP30
This requires four things...🧵
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#COP30
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🚦During summer 2020, London’s lockdown cut traffic exhaust by almost half and 🍳 cooking emissions by 2/3 compared to summer 2019. But when Eat Out to Help Out launched, cooking-related pollution doubled. @imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialsph.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social @theguardian.com
During summer 2020, London was still under lockdown. 🚦 Traffic exhaust dropped by almost half, and 🍽️ cooking emissions fell by two-thirds compared to summer 2019. But when the government launched… | ...
During summer 2020, London was still under lockdown. 🚦 Traffic exhaust dropped by almost half, and 🍽️ cooking emissions fell by two-thirds compared to summer 2019. But when the government launched Eat...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚦During summer 2020, London’s lockdown cut traffic exhaust by almost half and 🍳 cooking emissions by 2/3 compared to summer 2019. But when Eat Out to Help Out launched, cooking-related pollution doubled. @imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialsph.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social @theguardian.com
📈Climate change intensified Typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong, increasing economic damages by up to 42%
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#COP30
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Climate change intensified typhoons Kalmaegi & Fung-wong, damages up by 42% | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Climate change substantially increased the damages caused by Typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong, two rapid analyses by Imperial has found.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
📈Climate change intensified Typhoons Kalmaegi and Fung-wong, increasing economic damages by up to 42%
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#COP30
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#COP30
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Join our #COP30 event
“CCUS Myth-Busting Live: Ask the Experts”
Date and time Monday 17 November, 10:00–11:30 am local time (1:00-2:30pm UK time)
Location: UK Pavilion, Blue Zone (A23)
YouTube live stream: www.youtube.com/live/SjaW3Ob...
“CCUS Myth-Busting Live: Ask the Experts”
Date and time Monday 17 November, 10:00–11:30 am local time (1:00-2:30pm UK time)
Location: UK Pavilion, Blue Zone (A23)
YouTube live stream: www.youtube.com/live/SjaW3Ob...
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Join our #COP30 event
“CCUS Myth-Busting Live: Ask the Experts”
Date and time Monday 17 November, 10:00–11:30 am local time (1:00-2:30pm UK time)
Location: UK Pavilion, Blue Zone (A23)
YouTube live stream: www.youtube.com/live/SjaW3Ob...
“CCUS Myth-Busting Live: Ask the Experts”
Date and time Monday 17 November, 10:00–11:30 am local time (1:00-2:30pm UK time)
Location: UK Pavilion, Blue Zone (A23)
YouTube live stream: www.youtube.com/live/SjaW3Ob...
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Shortly before hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean, capturing global media attention, Mexico suffered from severed flooding, killing more than 78 people and destroying infrastructure; disproportionally affecting indigenous communities.
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www.worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-rainfa...
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Shortly before hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean, capturing global media attention, Mexico suffered from severed flooding, killing more than 78 people and destroying infrastructure; disproportionally affecting indigenous communities.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-rainfa...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-rainfa...
⚠️Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight
As nations convene in Belém for #COP30, many have withdrawn from funds for climate mitigation and biodiversity protection, leaving species at risk of extinction, research on the crisis of conservation abandonment warns 🧵
As nations convene in Belém for #COP30, many have withdrawn from funds for climate mitigation and biodiversity protection, leaving species at risk of extinction, research on the crisis of conservation abandonment warns 🧵
Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight | The Observer
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November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
⚠️Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight
As nations convene in Belém for #COP30, many have withdrawn from funds for climate mitigation and biodiversity protection, leaving species at risk of extinction, research on the crisis of conservation abandonment warns 🧵
As nations convene in Belém for #COP30, many have withdrawn from funds for climate mitigation and biodiversity protection, leaving species at risk of extinction, research on the crisis of conservation abandonment warns 🧵
⚠️Current pledges and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a high-risk climate track, towards warming levels of 2.8°C by the end of this century warn @joerirogelj.bsky.social, @robinlamboll.bsky.social & @j-bird.bsky.social.
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#COP30
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#COP30
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
⚠️Current pledges and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a high-risk climate track, towards warming levels of 2.8°C by the end of this century warn @joerirogelj.bsky.social, @robinlamboll.bsky.social & @j-bird.bsky.social.
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#COP30
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“Conservation is not just about starting something new, it’s about ensuring what we start endures.”
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
Imperial study highlights overlooked crisis of conservation abandonment | Imperial News | Imperial College London
As COP 30 gets underway today in Belem, Brazil, Imperial researchers warn about the abandonment of conservation initiatives.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Conservation is not just about starting something new, it’s about ensuring what we start endures.”
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
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If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
📈Human-induced climate change increased wind speeds & rainfall from Hurricane Melissa, according to a new rapid analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social🧵
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📈Human-induced climate change increased wind speeds & rainfall from Hurricane Melissa, according to a new rapid analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social🧵
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
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Stories abound these days showing that global warming exceeding 1.5C is now part of science's best estimate.
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️
What becomes of the 1.5°C goal now that global warming is approaching that level?🌍🔥🌡️
In a new @science.org Policy Forum we explain how the 1.5°C goal remains a critical legal & ethical benchmark, even as the world nears and may soon exceed 1.5°C of global warming🧵1/
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In a new @science.org Policy Forum we explain how the 1.5°C goal remains a critical legal & ethical benchmark, even as the world nears and may soon exceed 1.5°C of global warming🧵1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The pursuit of 1.5°C endures as a legal and ethical imperative in a changing world
As the world nears 1.5°C of global warming, near-term emissions reductions and adequate adaptation become ever more important to ensure a safe and livable planet for present and future generations
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Stories abound these days showing that global warming exceeding 1.5C is now part of science's best estimate.
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️