[[G20]] governments, comprising the worldβs biggest economies and including developed and developing countries, are responsible for about 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and about 85% of GDP.
Since 1988, when human-induced climate change was officially recognized by the establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ([[IPCC]])
β [[Revolution or Ruin]]
The book [[Climate Leviathan]] gives a nice exposition of four types of climate crisis response, if you class them on the axes of capitalist vs non-capitalist and pro- or anti- planetary sovereignty. (I don’t fully grasp the idea of planetary sovereignty just yet).
The most comprehensive analysis of the path to net zero was published by the [[Climate Change Committee]] (CCC), the UK governmentβs statutory adviser, which has repeatedly said the costs of action are small and diminishing, at less than 1% of GDP by 2050, while the costs of inaction are large and rising.
β βItβs all a bit cynicalβ: the politicians behind the Tory attack on net zero β¦
Dr Ajay Gambhir, a senior research fellow at the Grantham Institute β Climate Change and the Environment, said that as innovation accelerated, even the CCCβs costings were probably an overestimate and did not take account of the many co-benefits of climate action, including cleaner air and water, more [[biodiversity]], millions of well-paid [[green jobs]] and lower [[energy bills]].
β βItβs all a bit cynicalβ: the politicians behind the Tory attack on net zero β¦
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