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Re:Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says by lukeify on Saturday September 05, 2026 @12:34PM (#49578175)
None of that changes that we now have substantially larger and less controllable fires than we used to. Are you really denying that extreme weather and droughts don’t play a part in dramatically increasing combustibility?

> There just aren’t mega heatwaves causing famines and there won’t be at 1.5c of warming either.

Oh we’re going way past 1.5C.

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Re:Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says by ch4s3 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:48AM (#49611114)
Clearly heat and droughts are an issue and contributing factor, but land use is easily controllable relative to atmospheric CO2.

> Oh we’re going way past 1.5C.

Are we? The IPCC projects that no change in public policy or tecchnological advancement globally has us on track fro 2.6C rise by 2100, but there's a straightforward path to 1.8C. Experts no longer think the old worst case scenarios are plausible. Yes, 2.6C is nothing to scoff at, but it's in the realm of adaptable.

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Re:Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says by lukeify on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @03:23PM (#49615513)
2.6°C is indeed way past 1.5°C, yeah.

It won't stop there either.

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