A stark picture…

摘要

… is painted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent report, if its limit of 1.5℃ (as opposed to 2℃) by 2030 is ignored. If so, by 2100, global sea levels may be 10cm higher than the deeply worrying 48cm predicted by data website Carbon Brief for a 1.5C rise; not least an Arctic free of sea ice in summer and the extinction of coral reefs. Factory farming is partly to blame, with Dr Marco Springmann of the Oxford Martin School warning that things won't change unless the population moves to a largely plant-based diet. Meat once a week anyone?