Warning: bigger carbon cut needed to avoid disaster
Also in the UK, The Guardian is saying Warning: bigger carbon cut needed to avoid disaster.
Leading researchers say government has misled public and call for 90% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050
In the first big study of what households, business and government may have to do to cut carbon emissions, the leading climate change research body has revised upwards by 50% the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that need to be achieved by 2050.
At the moment, the government’s estimate is that a 60% cut in emissions is needed to avoid a 2C increase in temperatures by 2050. But the authors of today’s study conclude that a 90% cut in emissions is needed. Their data suggests that when aviation and shipping is factored in, UK carbon emissions have not fallen at all since 1990.
Why stop at 90% - offset 100% of your emissions easily by buying carbon credits. — DS
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