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Past emissions from top polluters will continue warming the planet for decades to come. Future fossil fuel production will exacerbate climate disasters for many decades to come, so new legal battles about who is accountable should be expected for many years…
🌡️ New UW study reveals past emissions from top 178 fossil fuel & cement producers (carbon majors) will impact climate for decades, even if emissions stop today.
🕰️ Over a trillion tons of CO2 emitted mean Earth will remain ~1.5°C warmer than preindustrial levels for millennia.
⚖️ Findings support lawsuits holding major emitters accountable for past, present, and future climate disaster damages due to persistent warming.
📊 Researchers used the FaIR model to simulate climate until 2500, showing carbon majors' warming impact is calculable & relatively independent of future emissions.
#ClimateChange #AttributionScience #FossilFuels
🕰️ Over a trillion tons of CO2 emitted mean Earth will remain ~1.5°C warmer than preindustrial levels for millennia.
⚖️ Findings support lawsuits holding major emitters accountable for past, present, and future climate disaster damages due to persistent warming.
📊 Researchers used the FaIR model to simulate climate until 2500, showing carbon majors' warming impact is calculable & relatively independent of future emissions.
#ClimateChange #AttributionScience #FossilFuels
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