Frankly #80

Efter to års forhandlinger om en global plastiktraktat sluttede møde i Busan, Sydkorea, i dyb uenighed – en lille minoritet af olielande og plastproducenter siger kategorisk nej til indgreb i produkti...

As global warming approaches 1.5°C and the urgency to address climate change grows, ambitious strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions become more important than ever. One increasingly discussed approach is the concept of "overshoot," where temperatures exceed a target temporarily before returning to back below it later on. But what are the risks of overshoot, and are we underestimating its long-term consequences?

An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...

YouTube video by University of Exeter

The net zero approach of the Paris agreement has become detached from reality as it increasingly relies on science fiction levels of speculative technology.