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Carbon Budget
A carbon budget refers to the amount of carbon that can be emitted before global temperature rise exceeds a certain limit. The concept was first proposed in the 1980s and has gained traction since 2009 with the establishment of the 2 °C target as a basis for climate policy. Though carbon budgets are hard to […]
Global Warming
Global warming is the increase in average global temperature. It is also the main mechanism through which takes place. Though the planet goes through natural phases of warming and cooling over millennia, the pace of global warming has increased to unprecedented levels over the past century, mainly due to burning for our society’s . Due […]
Run-Away Climate Change
Run-away climate change refers to that “feeds on itself” through amplifying feedback where the impacts of heating cause further heating. The easiest way to visualize it is to imagine a line of domino pieces – when the first one tips over, it leads to the next one falling and so on. Once started, it is […]
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