Thanks very much As part of a cult of impediment to fossil fuels, we are well on our way to surpassing the 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming threshold set out in the 2016 Paris Agreement, according to the World Meteorological Organization. world, without far-reaching change, we can expect “more ice melt, higher sea levels, more heat waves and other extreme weather,” according to the World Meteorological Organization. And that will be just the beginning.
The scientific community has made clear demands, but emissions are still rising, politicians are inaction, and the oil industry is getting richer. It all made me suffer terribly, and that’s why I doubt you’ll blame me for exclaiming, “How are we going to die?” the moment I sat down with renowned climate modeler William Collins at Top contributor session: Climate.
Collins responded to my question with nuance. “I think we are starting to see governments being quite serious about tackling climate change,” he said, pointing to us. Nation and International Reviews go into depth on this topic.
Collins directs Berkeley Lab’s Department of Ecosystem and Climate Science and it Carbon Negative Initiative. He is also the lead author of several assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (Full video of the session included below.)
