20 August 2024, The Conversation: The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C. Record breaking fossil fuel production, all time high greenhouse gas emissions and extreme temperatures. Like the proverbial frog in … Continue reading →
Category Archives: All Things Carbon and Emissions
30 May 2024, The Conversation: Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas.In announcing Australia’s support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed … Continue reading →
19 March 2024, Gavin Schmidt, NATURE: Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory. Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More … Continue reading →
9 January 2024, NOAA Climate.GOV: What’s in a number? The meaning of the 1.5-C climate threshold. Numbers and the meanings we attach to them can be weird. A number can mean a lot or very little depending on how it is … Continue reading →