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this is a great story about what climate targets are and how to think about them and also a really good illustration of how the constant calculus of “will people be likely to react to a true thing I said by becoming doomers and going ‘fuck it, let’s burn tires in the yard’?” can drive you insane

Ok, I decided to go there and look under the hood of the "keeping 1.5C alive" messaging seen ahead of & at #COP28. Here's my story at Bloomberg News on how this messaging doesn't really align with the feasibility of 1.5C, + why that matters (no paywall): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

I liked Susan Joy Hassol's answer - you pass 1.5 it's like missing your exit. You don't keep driving to the sea. You get off at the next exit. open.spotify.com/episode/52im...

Susan Joy Hassol: Communications 1.5C in the rearview. Part 2.open.spotify.com Listen to this episode from Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations on Spotify. Get these first if you subscribe to news.wickedproblems.uk.The 2015 Paris Agreement set a goal of limiting warming...