The remaining carbon budgets do not make good reading. Remembering that annual fossil fuel CO₂ emissions are 39 Gt a year, the remaining budget for (for an 83% chance of) keeping global temperatures below +1.5° are 30 Gt, for +1.7° 300 Gt, and below +2° 690 Gt.

can tell it’s going to annoy me how much time is spent on North Sea oil and gas in this election despite the issue being (a) not nearly as important as most people are making out and (b) entirely reserved to Westminster