The Degree of Disaster
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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics
The worst of climate change was supposed to be decades away, but the worlds top climate scientists just came out with the latest edition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report saying it's closer than we ever could have ever imagined. SOURCES: [i] NYTimes.com. Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html [ii] Ibid. [iia] TheConversation.com. Why is climate change’s 2 degrees Celsius of warming limit so important? Aug 22 2017. https://theconversation.com/why-is-climate-changes-2-degrees-celsius-of-warming-limit-so-important-82058 [iii] IPCC.CH.REPORT. October 2018. http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/ [iv] Ibid. [v] NYTimes.com. Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html [va] Report.IPCC.CH. Chapter 3: Impacts of 1.5ºC global warming on natural and human systems. October 2018. http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_chapter3.pdf [vi] NYTimes.com. Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html [via] Report.IPCC.CH. Chapter 3: Impacts of 1.5ºC global warming on natural and human systems. PAGE 27. October 2018. http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_chapter3.pdf [vii] NYTimes.com. Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html [viia] Report.IPCC.CH. Chapter 3: Impacts of 1.5ºC global warming on natural and human systems. PAGE 94. October 2018. http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_chapter3.pdf [viii] Report.IPCC.CH. Chapter 3: Impacts of 1.5ºC global warming on natural and human systems. PAGE 79. October 2018. http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_chapter3.pdf [ix] NYTimes.com. Why Half a Degree of Global Warming Is a Big Deal. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-report-half-degree.html [ixa] Report.IPCC.CH. Chapter 3: Impacts of 1.5ºC global warming on natural and human systems. PAGE 85. October 2018. http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_chapter3.pdf [x] Report.IPCC.CH. Chapter 3: Impacts of 1.5ºC global warming on natural and human systems. PAGE 115. October 2018. http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_chapter3.pdf [xa] VOX.com. A major new climate report slams the door on wishful thinking. Oct 7 2018. https://www.vox.com/2018/10/5/17934174/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-1-5-degrees [xi] Report.IPCC.CH. Headline Statements. October 2018. http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_headline_statements.pdf [xii] NYTimes.com. Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html [xiii] TheGuardian.com. IPCC climate change report calls for urgent action to phase out fossil fuels – as it happened. Oct 8. 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2018/oct/08/ipcc-climate-change-report-urgent-action-fossil-fuels-live [xiv] NYTimes.com. Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html [xv] NYTimes.com. Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html [xvi] WorldBank.org Pricing Carbon. Accessed Oct 9 2018. http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/pricing-carbon [xvii] NYTimes.com. Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040. Oct 7 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html [xviii] VOX.com. We could shift to sustainability and save $26 trillion. Why aren’t we doing it? Sept 6 2018. https://www.vox.com/2018/10/9/17951924/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-takeaways #ClimateFacts
