this latest report by the w. m o finds the earth will likely cross that threshold by 2027, but it will be temporary. it won t cross the long term threshold just yet. but this marks an alarming acceleration of the human impact on the global climate system. if you ve been at all concerned with the gradual human induced degradation of planet earth, then you are probably familiar with this figure. 1.5 degrees celsius. no, even though we re in america, and i know we re not switching to fahrenheit for this number because it s important that we all understand this exactly the same. way the temperature rise we ve all been warned to avoid for all costs. this is essentially the doomsday threshold for global warming. so let s remind ourselves, why this little number matters so much. when you think of climate change or global warming, you might think about those searing hot summer days when this temperature exceeds 100 degrees fahrenheit in new york. i would another degree make so much of a differ
surprised, but i m not. this, i think, is a question that a lot of people would like to know. how difficult will it be, or could it be, if we were to cross that threshold of 1.5 degrees celsius warming, how difficult would it be to then come back, which we hope we would be able to do? well, it s something that we can do over time. if you think about the climate system as a glass that we re filling up over time, what we need to do is stop filling the glass and then at some point maybe we can remove some of that water from the glass or emissions from the atmosphere. there are ways to do that. you can pull carbon out of the atmosphere. in the oceans, you can do it through direct removal and sequestration of co2. and there are other ways to do that. but first, we have to really focus on stopping filling the glass, bringing emissions down, and then getting to the point where we can think about going back. is the us or are any countries around the world working to take that glass and bring i
few years from now. fix, as the year 2027? it is only a few years from now.- few years from now. a wish could say few years from now. a wish could say i few years from now. a wish could say i was few years from now. a wish could say i was surprised i few years from now. a wish l could say i was surprised but few years from now. a wish i could say i was surprised but i am at all. if you look at the current level of warming we are experiencing, we are just shy of 1.2 celsius already, so the 1.5 degrees threshold is not very far away and you also don t really see emissions going down globally. you see them going down in europe and them going down in europe and the united states and other important markets but more and more, the world s emissions are coming from the developing world, especially china and those are not slowing down yet though a wish they were surprised but i am not. this i think is a surprised but i am not. this i think is a question surprised but i am not. this
the world s emissions are coming from the developing world, especially china, and those aren t slowing down yet. so i wish i was surprised, but i m not. this, i think, is a question that a lot of people would like to know. how difficult will it be, or could it be, if we were to cross that threshold of 1.5 degrees celsius warming, how difficult would it be to then come back, which we hope we would be able to do? well, it s something that we can do over time. if you think about the climate system as a glass that we re filling up over time, what we need to do is stop filling the glass and then at some point maybe we can remove some of that water from the glass or emissions from the atmosphere. there are ways to do that. you can pull carbon out of the atmosphere. in the oceans, you can do it through direct removal and sequestration of c02. and there are other ways to do that. but first, we have to really focus on stopping filling the glass, bringing emissions down, and then getting to the
people displacement is on the rise and people are having to migrate, so well people are having to migrate, so we ll see people are having to migrate, so we ll see that phenomenon getting worse we ll see that phenomenon getting worse and people being forced out of their homes to earn a living. thomas. their homes to earn a living. thomas, there s no doubt that when people talk about the energy transition that is inextricably linked in and out with the climate crisis, which is linked to food insecurity, all of these elements are tied together by government, but do you see enough urgency in the debate? ~ ,,., , do you see enough urgency in the debate? ~ , , ., ., ,., debate? absolutely not, what you ust heard debate? absolutely not, what you just heard was debate? absolutely not, what you just heard was a debate? absolutely not, what you just heard was a terrible - debate? absolutely not, what you just heard was a terrible litany - debate? absolutely not, what you just heard