An Overheating Planet Requires Extreme Climate Solutions [bloomberg.com]

^{Firefighters in Phoenix provide treatment for a resident having trouble breathing on day when temperatures reached 119F (48C). The city has endured a record-setting streak of days above 110F this month. Photographer: Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg}

By Eric Roston and John Ainger, Bloomberg, July 27, 2023

First came the hottest June in recorded history. Now it’s the hottest-ever July. This year is already highly likely to replace 2016 atop the heat ranking. Scientists suspect the last several years have been warmer than any point in more than 125,000 years.

This acceleration of heat is the result of burning enough fossil fuel to raise global average temperatures about 1.2C since the Industrial Revolution. And we’re not yet halfway to Peak Heat.

According to the current projections from researchers at Climate Action Tracker, all the existing emissions-cutting policies by governments around the world would result in the global average temperature increasing about 2.7C by 2100. A separate team at the United Nations compiled an end-of-century estimate of 2.8C.

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