This Inside Climate News article discusses how the world’s climate is already hitting key tipping points.
With study-after-study showing climate impacts from extreme weather to polar melt and sea level rise outstripping initial forecasts, negotiators have a fast-closing window to try to turn the aspirations agreed in Paris into meaningful outcomes.
“There’s so much on the line in the next 18 months or so,” said Sue Reid, vice-president of climate and energy at Ceres, a U.S. non-profit group that works to steer companies and investors onto a more sustainable path.
“This is a crucial period of time both for public officials and the private sector to really reverse the curve on emissions,” Reid told Reuters.