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A political tipping point on the issue of climate change
David Christian
David Gilbert Christian is a historian and scholar of Russian history, who is notable for teaching and promoting the emerging discipline of Big History. He is credited with coining the term Big History and he was the founding president of the Internationa

Some time in the next few years, there will be a political tipping point on the issue of climate change, after which most countries in the world, including the major emitters of greenhouse gases, will commit seriously to cutting emissions, in line with the agreements reached in Paris in 2015.  They will be supported by most sections of the business community and will achieve cuts rapid enough to hold global warming to somewhere between 1.5℃ and 2℃.

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  • Austin Spencer Peters
    It will probably worse and sooner
  • Marriette Deckard
    Yes, with caveats. It will happen but some nations will do it kicking and screaming, I'm looking at you USA. It will be a piecemeal process at first, and get more coordinated in time. It will likely not hold off change as agreed in the Paris Accord. But will keep it at a rate that we could develop technological solutions to address.