"The door to 2 degrees will be closed forever" - by current transportation plans


by Mason Inman of The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University

The infrastructure built over the next five years could “lock in” enough emissions to push the world past its target for limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest annual update of energy trends, World Energy Outlook.

The Agency is “increasingly pessimistic” about the prospect for dealing with climate change, said deputy executive director Richard Jones.
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by B' Spokes

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