The report’s authors cited earlier work that found limiting heating to about 1.8C required global emissions to be halved by 2035. They said existing national policies were projected to lead to at least 2.3C heating, but it would still be possible to limit stay below 2C if countries delivered on net zero emissions commitments by mid-century.

Climate Analytics, a science and policy institute, applauded the report for clearly describing the problem, but said it did a poor job of “showing us that there is a way out”.

But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere

Hahahahhahahahaha, very funny. Ok lets build more datacenters

1.8, yeah right. It's going higher and they know it. It's already in motion, and the feedback loops and our continued consumption are going to overwhelm aerobic life on earth.

Starting to think the Great Filter hypothesis is probably the truth.

None of those recommendations are gonna be acted on under Trump.

I'm sure governments all over the world will get right on to this.

The quoted line is what the IPCC gave as their rational. A fancy "we'll fix it later". The final confirmation that they do whatever the economists tell them. Relying on magical technology that doesn't exist yet and even goes against physics to undo the damage we continue to do, that sounds really rational.

The first prize will be to stop pollution. Honestly I do not believe this will ever happen, my opinion and I may be wrong, I speak only for myself.

So second prize for me would be to start stratospheric aerosol injection with additives to planes or whatever to at least cool the earth similarly to volcanic eruptions that block radiant sun heat.

The local news had to do some heavy massaging to bring this message. 'oh no worries it's totally reversable'

Oh I reckon we will blow well beyond 1.8c, but for a brief moment, we will have created a lot of value for the shareholders!