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Climate breakdown: even if we miss the 1.5°C target we must still fight to prevent every single increment of warming

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par James Dyke, Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
Julia K. Steinberger, Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne and, University of Leeds

Is it game over for our attempts to avert dangerous climate change? For millions of people in India and Pakistan the answer is clearly yes as they continue to suffer from a record-breaking spring heatwave that is testing the limits of human survivability.

As global emissions continue, such extreme weather will become more likely. Back in 2015, the international community agreed that warming beyond 1.5°C would cause devastation on an intolerable scale. This was codified…

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