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1.5C Limit ‘Only Option’ For Saving Earth’s Ice And Snow

Allowing global temperatures to rise two degrees Celsius above
pre-industrial levels will be catastrophic for the world’s ice sheets,
glaciers, polar seas and permafrost, a new report warned Thursday.

The assessment of the global “cryosphere” — parts of the Earth covered in ice
and snow for at least some of the year — urges upcoming climate talks to
commit to keeping warming below 1.5C. “Because of what we have learned
about the cryosphere since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, 1.5C is
not merely preferable to 2C. It is the only option,” the report argues.
“This continued rise in carbon dioxide is unacceptable. The melting point
of ice pays no attention to rhetoric, only to our actions.”

Barrons 16th Nov 2023

https://www.barrons.com/news/1-5c-limit-only-option-for-saving-earth-s-ice-and-snow-b8f8e1ef

November 20, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change