cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1282318
Ultimately, the progress we have made should encourage us that progress is possible, but the large and growing gap between where we are headed today and what is needed to limit warming to well-below 2C means that we need to double down and light a (carbon-free) fire under policymakers to ratchet up emissions reductions over the next decade. Flattening the curve of global emissions is only the first step in a long road to get it all the way down to zero.
That is the positive of this. Every little bit we stop doing to the planet will help in time. The rest is negative - that it’s so little change, and remember, even if we stopped all emissions now (which is not this at all) we’re still baked in for…well, we’re not even sure how bad it’s going to get.