ENV221H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tonne, Bill Mckibben, 350.Org
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Ipcc - scientific authority trying to communicate to tell the story. 565 gigaton we can emit 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide and stay below 2 c of warming. Burning the fossil fuel that corporations now have in their reserves would result in emitting 2,795 gigatons of carbon dioxide five times the safe amount. Side note: 350. org (trying to keep it down to this ppm) The scientific view that the increase in global temperature should be below. Currently gave raised by 0. 8, and have already seen significant impacts. Aim to hold the increase well below 2 above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1. 5 above pre-industrial, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change 0. The estimated amount we can pour into the atmosphere by mid century and still have some hope of staying below 2 degree. Based on the rate we are consuming it currently.
