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Social tipping points: Slouching toward climate salvation
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Social tipping points: World slouches toward climate salvation
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Social tipping points: slouching toward climate salvation
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02/03/2021 - 15:36 7 min
Paris (AFP)
The world appears to have finally woken up to the existential threat of global warming, and the drive to fix the problem is accelerating across the board.
The planet s biggest carbon polluters –- China, US, EU -– vow carbon neutrality by mid-century; solar and wind power continued to surge even as global GDP shrank five percent last year; two-thirds of humanity see a climate emergency ; a top-five automaker says it will only make zero-emissions vehicles after 2035; major investors recoil from coal, while fossil fuels companies shrivel in value.
What China’s march to net-zero emissions means for the world New Atlanticist by Larry Luxner
People s Republic of China President Xi Jinping speaks during the 75th annual U.N. General Assembly, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., September 22, 2020. United Nations/Handout via REUTERS
Joe Biden’s inauguration today as the 46th president of the United States may turn out to be the single most important milestone in the battle to reverse climate change arguably rivaled only by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge at the United Nations General Assembly last September that his country would reach peak carbon-dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.