{"id":41488,"date":"2018-12-09T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T15:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41488"},"modified":"2018-12-09T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T15:03:54","slug":"is-this-the-answer-to-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41488","title":{"rendered":"Is This The Answer To Global Warming?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is This The Answer To Global Warming?<\/a><\/h3>\n
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In my previous article \u2013\u00a0Indisputable Facts On Climate Change<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 I addressed some of the things we know to be true as it relates to carbon dioxide and global temperatures. Note that I didn\u2019t try to connect any number of potential threads, nor make dire predictions. My article was based on facts, period.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s article, I want to take another step and address\u00a0the stakes, according to a recent report on global warming.\u00a0But mostly I will focus on\u00a0potential methods for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, or for preventing it from entering the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The Stakes Are High<\/strong><\/p>\n

In October 2018, the United Nations\u2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a\u00a0Special Report on Global Warming<\/a>. The report reiterated the urgent need to limit rising global temperatures but admitted that \u201climiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C would require rapid, far-reaching, and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Various agreements, such as the 1992 Kyoto Protocol, have had some success in curbing regional carbon dioxide emissions in developed countries. However, global emissions continued to rise. More recently, the 196 parties attending the 21st yearly Climate Change Conference (COP 21) negotiated the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature rise to \u201cwell below 2 \u00b0Celsius\u201d compared to pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n

This week \u2013 three years later \u2013 the COP 24 convenes in Poland from December 3rd-14th. Attendees will tout measures aimed at reining in carbon dioxide emissions, but multiple agencies, such as the International Energy Agency\u2019s (IEA), have warned that even if the pledges made as part of the 2015 Paris Accord are enacted into binding laws, it doesn\u2019t go nearly far enough to meet the global temperature target.<\/p>\n

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