The first global stocktake - an accounting of progress to the Paris climate goals - is out.  The report spells out what experts have been saying - the window for avoiding the Paris temperature limits is rapidly shrinking.

The red is the range of promised actions. The blue and teal are where we need to be for a good chance of avoiding 2 or 1.5 C warming.

Full report here: https://unfccc.int/documents/631600

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 First substantive post, so I'll get right to the point. I think solving climate change is about courage. We're at the top of a ski hill, deciding what slope to take. We have all the tools and expertise to navigate the steepest slope. We need the guts to use them.

I talk about "The Scientific Case for Courage" in this video from last year. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wPFydmFp7k