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PostOctober 13, 2020

Our midcentury climate goals require radical change today

Climate scientists have found that any scenario that prevents the planet from shooting past 1.5 ˚C of warming requires effectively eliminating greenhouse-gas emissions by around midcentury, writes James Temple for MIT Technology Review. Coal demand would need to fall by nearly 40%, solar capacity would have to more than triple, and clean vehicles would need to exceed 40%. 

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/13/1010219/our-midcentury-climate-goals-require-radical-change-today/

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by MIT Technology Review
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