And Global Penalties
We all know that the Paris Climate Agreement is soon becoming one of the biggest failures of our time.
None of the big polluters, despite their pledges and PR campaigns, are on track to keep global temperatures rising 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Crossing this threshold also means there’s no going back. We’ll be stuck in a screwed-up planet, waiting for Elon to colonize Mars.
But, just how bad is it really?
If not 1.5°C, then what’s the next possible target?
Given that there’s only a 0.5% chance of you being from The Gambia or Morocco, your country’s Paris report card looks something like this.
The Gambia and Morocco are thus far the only countries that can brag about their Paris report cards. Their efforts have been rated by the Climate Action Tracker as “compatible” with the Paris Climate Agreement. That’s only a step away from being rated as a “role model.”
Yet, ironically, their carbon footprints aren’t footprints at all.
Because:
