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A Climate Stat We Can’t Afford to Overlook: CEO Pay
Ace researchers dropped two blockbuster reports on us lastweek
The first — from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC — hit on Monday with a worldwide thunderclap.
- Sam Pizzigati
- CounterPunch
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is dubbing this first report’s findings “a code red for humanity” — and for good reason.
Our global thermometer is already averaging 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
If current trends continue, we’ll reach 3 degrees this century.
Where do we need to be?
To avert “catastrophe for people and natural systems worldwide,” we can’t afford to let global temperatures rise…