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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

What Does '12 Years to Act on Climate Change' (Now 11 Years) Really Mean?

“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, CO₂ 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).”