The 1.5 degrees goal: Beware of unintended consequences
“Oversimplification of the underlying science provides those opposed to acting on climate change with opportunities for further mischief.”
“Oversimplification of the underlying science provides those opposed to acting on climate change with opportunities for further mischief.”
"President Biden has expressed a commitment to making equity a guiding principle in domestic policy formation."
“...public survey data continues to suggest broad public support for the Biden climate change actions...”
"The president’s letter to his new science adviser emphasizes the crucial role science plays in our society."
"This is a time when legislators should listen, and closely, to what their constituents are saying and expecting them to do."
"The ‘carbon dividend’ is so elegant that it seems too good to be true. Governments should make it a post-pandemic priority."
"...there is much to fix...to promote recovery from the human and economic damages caused by the coronavirus and our responses to it."
"Over time, the weather eventually becomes more favorable. Unfortunately, the climate is not going to change back to what used to be."
“...it's overwhelmingly human activities – in particular combustion of fossil fuels – that can explain observed global temperature increases."
Henry Jacoby and co-authors write: "Ignoring the science to cook the numbers discredits the federal process for public decision-making."