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It can no longer be denied: Climate change is progressing unabated and accelerating. 1.5°C limit for global warming agreed upon in Paris may already have been permanently exceeded. 3°C limit could be exceeded as early as 2050' 2/8

'Increasingly extreme weather conditions are making predictable agriculture difficult, and in some cases impossible. There is a high risk that the limits of habitability will be exceeded in some regions of the world. 3/8

Decisive collective action can prevent loss of control 'We therefore call on all political actors in Germany to become aware of the real danger posed by progressive man-made global warming and the urgency of action.' 4/8

Good that they’re catching up. This is from 8 months ago:

Although estimate ranges vary. With China’s faster emissions reduction 3C might be breached 3-5 years later - eg 2053-56

CO₂ emissions increasing or decreasing a few percent won't impact the rate of warming over the next 25 years much. That's mainly driven by aerosols and (to a lesser extent) methane, which both have a much shorter atmospheric lifetime than CO₂ (aerosols only days) On China: bsky.app/profile/glen...