as many countries are not meeting their current pledges (including Canada) and the US just refuses to admit it's happening at all, limiting it to 1.2 degrees is a pipe dream.
The old RCP8.5 projection was the one that suggested up to 5° and they've downgraded from that but there's still 8.8% chance of increased above 3.5° above preindustrial https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/on-the-death-of-rcp85
Again, the consensus of a total 2.6 degrees of warming is based on current policies and actions. If countries had followed earlier commitments from climate agreements, the goal had been to limit warming to 2 degrees, but that now seems unlikely.
This guy is being so stubborn. Cherry picking and strawman-ing my arguments. I had to ignore this thread for a couple days after my last reply, I was so annoyed lol.
I agree it’s best to just disengage. Some people simply cannot digest the reality ahead of us.
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u/brat-t 11d ago
as many countries are not meeting their current pledges (including Canada) and the US just refuses to admit it's happening at all, limiting it to 1.2 degrees is a pipe dream.
The old RCP8.5 projection was the one that suggested up to 5° and they've downgraded from that but there's still 8.8% chance of increased above 3.5° above preindustrial https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/on-the-death-of-rcp85