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| − | = Why is it 350? =
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| + | === Deep Adaptation === |
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| − | In 2008, climate scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute proposed that global policies should have an initial target for atmospheric CO2 of 350 ppm. They note that the optimum CO2 level for maintaining a planet similar to that on which civilization developed is likely to be less than 350 ppm, but a 350 ppm target already reveals that dramatic policy changes are needed urgently. By the time such fundamental changes are achieved, knowledge will exist to help fine-tune the target CO2.
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| − | = The Origin of the 12 Year Timeline = | |
| − | The 12 years in which we have to act started in October 2018. From Inside Climate News Aug 27, 2019
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| − | : [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27082019/12-years-climate-change-explained-ipcc-science-solutions What Does '12 Years to Act on Climate Change' (Now 11 Years) Really Mean?]
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| − | ''“The number began drawing attention in 2018, when the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report describing what it would take to keep global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, a goal of the Paris climate agreement. The report explained that countries would have to cut their anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, such as from power plants and vehicles, to net zero by around 2050. To reach that goal, it said, CO<sub>2 </sub>emissions would have to start dropping "well before 2030" and be on a path to fall by about 45 percent by around 2030 (12 years away at that time).”''
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| − | = Resilience Proposals = | |
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| − | : [http://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf “Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy”] – Jem Bendell – an occasional paper from the Institute of Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) at the University of Cumbria, UK – July 2018. Prof. | + | : [http://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf “Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy”] – Prof. Jem Bendell – an occasional paper from the Institute of Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) at the University of Cumbria, UK – July 2018. |
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| | Bendell raises the specter of how to adapt… | | Bendell raises the specter of how to adapt… |
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| − | : ''“the deep adaptation agenda of resilience, relinquishment and restoration can be a useful framework for community dialogue in the face of climate change. Resilience asks us “how do we keep what we really want to keep?” Relinquishment asks us “what do we need to let go of in order to not make matters worse?” Restoration asks us “what can we bring back to help us with the coming difficulties and tragedies?”'' | + | : ''the deep adaptation agenda of resilience, relinquishment and restoration can be a useful framework for community dialogue in the face of climate change. Resilience asks us “how do we keep what we really want to keep?” Relinquishment asks us “what do we need to let go of in order to not make matters worse?” Restoration asks us “what can we bring back to help us with the coming difficulties and tragedies?'' |
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| − | = Project Drawdown and Available Technology =
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| − | “The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world“
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| − | : [https://www.drawdown.org/the-book "Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming"] – ed Paul Hawken – Penguin Books – Apr 2017.
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| − | But how we manage investments has an effect too, see:
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| − | : [https://www.greenbiz.com/article/did-project-drawdown-miss-crucial-climate-solution "Did Project Drawdown miss a crucial climate solution?"] – GreenBiz, Sasja Beslik – March 2018
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| − | Land Management issues are also important, see:
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| − | : [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691195643/this-land-is-our-land "This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth"] - Jedediah Purdue - Princeton University Press – Sept 2019
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| − | = Clean Disruption & Cost Curves =
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| − | A YouTube presentation by Tony Soba presented by the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr81EUb2qVJVfmmlJMxEHVw Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES)] shows how cost curves will drive transition to Electric Vehicles and solar power + storage for most energy needs, see;
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| − | :[https://youtu.be/2b3ttqYDwF0 https://youtu.be/2b3ttqYDwF0] Published on Jun 9, 2017
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| − | Stanford University futurist ''Tony Seba'' spent the last decades studying technological disruptions. He argues that the Electric Vehicle, battery storage, and solar power, along with autonomous vehicles, are a perfect example of a 10x exponential process which will wipe fossil fuels off the market in about a decade. TonySeba.com – RethinkX.com
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| − | He is the author of several books, including most recently “Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation: How Silicon Valley Will Make Oil, Nuclear, Natural Gas, Coal, Electric Utilities and Conventional Cars Obsolete by 2030”, and “Solar Trillions: 7 Market and Investment Opportunities in the Emerging Clean-Energy Economy”
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| − | Tony Soba spoke in Boulder, Colorado, where he was awarded the 2017 Sunshine Award by [https://cleanenergyaction.org Clean Energy Action].
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