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Did the UK begin the Carbon Cascade?

Professor Myles Allen · Gresham College

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An excerpt taken from a lecture by Professor Myles Allen called 'How the World agreed on Net Zero' The climate had a bad year in 2009. Talks collapsed. Emails were hacked. And several papers found even 50-80% reductions weren’t enough: we had to get to net zero. Yet six years later, negotiators from 190 countries acknowledged the need for net zero in the Paris Agreement, even resolving to try to limit warming to 1.5 °C, which means net zero global emissions around 2050. Can it be done? It certainly can. Will it be done? That’s up to all of us.

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  1. Did the UK begin the Carbon Cascade? YouTube

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Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Myles Allen
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment
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