Any thoughts about Climate Change and Austerity?

08 August 2015 1 7K Report

The world has a carbon (CO2) budget of 900 Gt for 2/3 probability of staying below 2 ºC, which is not a safe target anyway. That´s 20 times 2014 global emissions. If we want to avoid climate catastrophe we need to be serious on what to do. Some sort of austerity must be implemented, but actual austerity is counterproductive in many ways. Any thoughts on this?

Reference:

"Beyond ‘dangerous’ climate change: emission scenarios for a new world"

By Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows

Conference Our Common Future Under Climate Change

http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1934/20.full.pdf+html

Hamit Can

https://eastbournepeoplesassembly.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/austerity-and-climate-change/

http://newpol.org/content/connecting-anti-austerity-and-climate-justice-policies

http://garnpress.com/2015/naomi-klein-and-owen-jones-on-climate-change-and-austerity/

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