in. when we stabilise emissions, we will be stabilising warming going forward to the century, so again, minimising risk and damage, we can reap those benefits very soon in a matter of decades. unfortunately it is going to be a very rough ride over the next 20 years, as warming continues. i over the next 20 years, as warming continues.- over the next 20 years, as warming continues. i want to ask ou warming continues. i want to ask you about warming continues. i want to ask you about adaptation - warming continues. i want to ask you about adaptation as| ask you about adaptation as well. we are seeing cities, regions on the coast as well all trying to adapt to this massive heatwave we sang at the moment. how can we prepare to face this perhaps every year? yes, well, unfortunately we are ill adapted, and there are going to be some pretty serious limitations to adaptation. we already suffer thousands of heat related deaths in the united states every single year, more than all the weather
what we need to do now is go all in on climate and make sure that we are really closing that emissions gap to hit our targets, and demonstrate on the global stage that the us is in a leadership position on this issue. a question some people might be asking themselves, looking at these images we just showed, how much does it really matter at this point? we re already seeing the disastrous effects of climate change. it couldn t matter more, is the simple truth here. we are already on track to cross that 1.5 celsius threshold, likely within the next ten years or so, but what s really important is that we may be crossing much higher levels of warming by mid century, two degrees, three celsius, and we really are in the driving seat of our climate and emissions future right now in these precious few years, when we will decide how much climate damage we want to let in. when we stabilise emissions, we will be stabilising warming going forward to the century, so again, minimising risk and damag