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Instead of presenting viewers with a data-laden report, they find that the personal and embodied approach to their output can be much more convincing for decision makers. In the project “The Future Energy Lab”, conducted for the UAE's Ministry of Energy, For example, Superflux created an “artifact” from the future: a sample of polluted air from a world where no action was taken to combat climate change.
The aim of the Paris climate agreement - the aim to keep global warming limited to 15 degrees - is out of sight, unless countries collectively show more ambition and act immediately. This is what the five Dutch climate experts who contributed to the IPCC report published today. Such acceleration and strengthening of policies is still possible - but requires a far-reaching transformation of the systems underlying our economy, such as energy, industry, transport and agriculture. The coming years will be decisive.
Climate scientists demonstrate in The Hague: 'Uneasy, but must '
Leading climate scientists warn 2050 is too late to reduce CO2 emissions to practically zero. The year mentioned in the European Green Deal and the Dutch Climate Act should actually be brought forward for ten years, at the latest 2040,.
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