Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Every discussion of climate change seems to come with talk about the 1.5 degree target. But with the pace of climate change and the inaction of political leaders it seems inevitable that we will blow through this crucial target and into dangerous territory.
So, is it time to give up on 1.5C ?
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Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:01 - 1.5 aint SMART
02:19 - What does 1.5 actually mean?
03:13 - How do we know?
04:44 - Can we do it?
05:31 - What's at stake
07:00 - 1.5 by when?
08:04 - Shall we give up on 1.5?
09:17 - 1.5 is slipping out of reach
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction
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Thanks to my Patreon subscribers, including my Patreon Saints:
Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell & Lucien Mansell.
Join them here: patreon.com/dr_gilbz
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Additional footage:
UNFCCC
Copernicus Climate Change Service
Sky News
Channel 5 News
Carbon Brief
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References & resources
Two great videos on this topic:
youtube.com/watch?v=pshSE78rmvo&ab_channel=ClimateAdam
youtube.com/watch?v=hTtR_WaLHnY&ab_channel=HeatGeek
Scientific literature:
Betts et al. (2023) nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03775-z
Forster et all. (2023) essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/2295/2023
IPCC SR1.5 (2019) https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/spm/
Lamboll et al (2023) nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01848-5
Sanderson (2023) nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01846-7
UNEP EGR (2023) unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023
General articles:
interactive.carbonbrief.org/one-point-five-pathways/index.html
interactive.carbonbrief.org/impacts-climate-change-one-point-five-degrees-two-degrees
https://www.carbonbrieforg/state-of-the-climate-2023-smashes-records-for-surface-temperature-and-ocean-heat/
https://10insightsclimate.science/year-2023/1-overshooting-fast-becoming-inevitable
bbc.com/future/article/20231130-climate-crisis-the-15c-global-warming-threshold-explained
carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-do-scientists-measure-global-temperature
bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66857354
Every discussion of climate change seems to come with talk about the 1.5 degree target. But with the pace of climate change and the inaction of political leaders it seems inevitable that we will blow through this crucial target and into dangerous territory.
So, is it time to give up on 1.5C ?
##################################################
Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:01 - 1.5 aint SMART
02:19 - What does 1.5 actually mean?
03:13 - How do we know?
04:44 - Can we do it?
05:31 - What's at stake
07:00 - 1.5 by when?
08:04 - Shall we give up on 1.5?
09:17 - 1.5 is slipping out of reach
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction
##################################################
Thanks to my Patreon subscribers, including my Patreon Saints:
Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell & Lucien Mansell.
Join them here: patreon.com/dr_gilbz
##################################################
Additional footage:
UNFCCC
Copernicus Climate Change Service
Sky News
Channel 5 News
Carbon Brief
##################################################
References & resources
Two great videos on this topic:
youtube.com/watch?v=pshSE78rmvo&ab_channel=ClimateAdam
youtube.com/watch?v=hTtR_WaLHnY&ab_channel=HeatGeek
Scientific literature:
Betts et al. (2023) nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03775-z
Forster et all. (2023) essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/2295/2023
IPCC SR1.5 (2019) https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/spm/
Lamboll et al (2023) nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01848-5
Sanderson (2023) nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01846-7
UNEP EGR (2023) unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023
General articles:
interactive.carbonbrief.org/one-point-five-pathways/index.html
interactive.carbonbrief.org/impacts-climate-change-one-point-five-degrees-two-degrees
https://www.carbonbrieforg/state-of-the-climate-2023-smashes-records-for-surface-temperature-and-ocean-heat/
https://10insightsclimate.science/year-2023/1-overshooting-fast-becoming-inevitable
bbc.com/future/article/20231130-climate-crisis-the-15c-global-warming-threshold-explained
carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-do-scientists-measure-global-temperature
bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66857354
