Here's a Twitter thread discussing the significance of the 2030 date: https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1104833329587806210

It's more complicated & nuanced than most blogs or stories have time for, but it's not an Internet rumor.

Thanks!

I don't think she says anything I much disagree with. I think this even restates my point, in less inflammatory language:

> and here, my friends, is where the mythical "we have 12 years to fix this or the world ends" narrative comes from. (I'm not pointing my finger at anyone in particular here; I'm just saying I've heard this. A lot.)

> Concl'n: Science does not identify a specific goal, target, or timeline. What it says is simply this: the more carbon we produce, the worse the impacts. The best thing to do is wean ourselves off it, as soon as is humanly possible. As a human I'd add: while minimizing suffering.

I would say misunderstanding rather than rumour — the original statement was closer to “Given how long it takes politicians to do things, we have until 2030 to get started on really fixing everything and not just painting things green and mistaking that for action”.