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    Commentary: Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight

    by David G. Victor And Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Los Angeles Times Oct 18, 2023 4 minutes
    A wildland firefighter carries his gear through thick smoke during a prescribed burn to get rid of dead non-sequoia trees and fallen brush in the Giant Sequoia Forest near General Sherman on July 8, 2019 in Sequoia National Park, California.

    Last month, we heard yet again about the need to stop global warming at about 1.5 degrees centigrade above preindustrial levels. The International Energy Agency outlined a plan to meet that goal, and the United Nations secretary-general implored nations to get serious about cutting emissions to make it a reality.

    That goal is a fantasy. This summer, global warming already yielded monthly average temperatures that exceeded preindustrial averages by 1.5 degrees. It took more than a century for global annual average temperatures to reach the first degree, which happened around 2015. Climate data suggest that the next half-degree is likely to happen by the early 2030s, if not sooner, and that 2023 will be the on record.

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