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[...]

"It's clearly a dire report.

"But the report also gives a very clear solution:

"'Achieving global net zero CO2 emissions is a requirement for stabilizing CO2-induced global surface temperature increase, with anthropogenic CO2 emissions balanced by anthropogenic removals of CO2.'

"Using the word 'requirement' here is a major step.

"What this report says, without explicitly saying it, is that there is no future left for fossil fuels. Every ton of CO2 warms the planet. And we can't afford to warm the planet anymore, we're already at the breaking point.

"Figure showing past and potential future warming, along with a clear relationship with fossil fuel emissions, with the title 'Every tonne of CO2 emissions adds to global warming'

"What the report doesn't say:

"There's no explicit mention of fossil fuels in the new IPCC report at all. No oil. No gas. No coal.

"That's an intentional decision. Every single line of the report was unanimously approved by governments, and there are some governments, of course, that still make a lot of money from fossil fuels.

"Climate change isn't just something that's happening, it's being done to us."

[...]

-- Eric Holthaus (EricHolthaus), 2021-08-09 ( on Substack, and also on Twitter. ( start of Twitter thread))

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