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The world is running out of options to hit climate goals, U.N. report shows

April 17, 2022

CSSN’s Director of Research and member of the Global Census of Climate Obstruction Organizations working group, Dr. Robert Brulle volunteered as an outside reviewer for the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report and gave his take on the IPCC’s statement for an article published by The Washington Post.

“The world is on track to blaze past a crucial climate target within eight years…” (Dennis & Kaplan, 2022)

“The IPCC underscores that addressing climate change is not simply about replacing coal power with solar panels or exchanging an internal combustion engine car for an electric vehicle. It entails coordinated, comprehensive ‘societal transformation’…” (Dennis & Kaplan, 2022)

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