1.5°C is a symbolic boundary. It was agreed to not be broken in the Paris agreement in 2016. Not even ten years later, it is broken for the eigth consecutive month and in the yearly average. It will be broken permanently in 5-10 years. It is a symbolic boundary because it is an arbitrary number and every tenth of a degree matters. We still need to support climat action even if it is broken. But it is also a symbol of political incompetency and fossil fuel malice.
Source article: https://climate.copernicus.eu/warmest-february-record-9th-consecutive-warmest-month
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Ich finde es sehr beeindruckend, was die zwei Menschen da machen. Man sollte über einen Hungerstreik natürlich nicht alles erzwingen können. Aber die Art und Weise, wie die Klimakatastrophe von Politik (und teilweise Medien) immer noch ignoriert und heruntergespielt wird, ist doch beschämend.
Wenn ihr in Berlin seid, geht dort doch Mal vorbei. Ich bin leider zu weit weg.