"It could be a close shave, because 70% of our scenarios predict that the world will exceed the 1.5°C mark in the next five years."
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Better find one that makes money or we will drag our feet doing it I presume.
Even if we found a way people would "scorch earth" to get the upper hand.
I’d be interested in seeing a list of descriptions of these scenarios. If we could determine the commonalities and use that to gauge a series of steps with impact vs effort analyses, it could take us a long way toward building out a plan to address climate change that may be more palatable to the collective global population.
They do discuss several commonalities in the paper.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421523002276?via%3Dihub
If it is to meet the Paris Agreement target, the worldwide average carbon price in 2030 needs to be equal to today's (2022) highest carbon taxes ($ 130–137 tCO2-1) that are observed in very few countries
Electricity cannot decarbonise the entire system alone, and hydrogen extends electricity's reach to hard-to-electrify sectors
The contribution of nuclear power in electricity production increases in the long-term in the decarbonisation scenarios. This is especially pronounced after 2050/60, when the wind and other renewable potentials are fully exploited and the additional electricity supply to meet the increasing demand needs to remain carbon-free.