Overshooting 1.5C risks ‘irreversible’ climate impact (www.dawn.com)

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"Even temporarily exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius before bringing temperatures back down — a scenario known as an “overshoot” — could cause sea level rises and other disastrous repercussions that might last millenia."

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[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 19 points 3 weeks ago

1.5 was something that was maybe possible if we had immediately, globally have pulled out all the stops and we simply have not done that.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

But pullout out no stops, and lying to each other about it, didn’t help at all?

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