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Date of Publication: April 4
Year of Publication: 2023
Publication City: New York, NY
Publisher: The Nation
Author(s): Tom Athanasiou
The only way of ensuring that the overshoot is temporary is to decisively defeat the fossil fuel cartel.
The 1.5°C temperature target is difficult to honestly and openly discuss. Within the climate movement, it has become a locus of anguish, confusion, and even despair. Long a symbol of mobilization and hope, 1.5° has become central to both activist campaigns and scientific analysis. Yet it’s now clear that the planet will almost certainly warm more than 1.5°C. This is a rough prospect.
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