It’s Not Too Late to Turn the Tide on Climate

That is, if everyone, everywhere, acts all at once. Here’s what you can do.

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Have you been wondering–or maybe worrying–if it’s possible to reduce GHG emissions by half by 2030 and get to net-zero by 2050?

While the climate crisis is already here, evidenced by the natural disasters all around us, there is still hope. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) clearly stated, in their March 2023 Synthesis Report, that we can still turn the tide on global warming. We have the tools we need to slash emissions across all sectors.

UN Secretary-General Guterres, when he introduced the report, said that we can still meet the 1.5-degree goal if everyone, everywhere fast tracks their climate action. He said, “We have never been better equipped to solve the climate challenge–but we must move into warp speed climate action now. We don’t have a moment to lose.”

So, what will it take and how do we keep 1.5 by 2050 alive? And what can we do as individuals to fast-track our own and our country’s climate action?

I asked this same question in a blog post two years ago. In that article, I outlined 5 different roadmaps proposed by various groups (the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, Breakthrough Energy, Simon Sharpe and…