This newz will not surprise long term readers of the Diner.  Back in 2015 when the Paris accords were drafted I predicted the goal was DOOMED from the get-go, and the annual records for hottest year ever ratcheting up each year since made it obvious.  Nevertheless, staying under an increase of 1.5C has remained the stated goal at each COP conference.  Which made every conference a ridiculous waste of time.

Now the main question is when one of the "tipping points" will be reached and we go from incrementally deteriorating climate conditions to radically altered ones in the space of a decade or even a single growing season.  Climatically as well as economically and politically, we live under the Sword of Damocles, awaiting its inescapable drop.  Which one will be first and when will it come?  How will society react and adapt or die?  Those are the questions that keep the Diner interesting.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-world-temperature-target

World's 1.5C climate target 'deader than a doornail', experts say

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