Whither Carbon Budget?

Whither Carbon Budget?

By: Chandu Visweswariah The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 (Assessment Report 6) Synthesis Report states that we have a remaining carbon budget of 500 gigatons or 500 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent. What does this mean in practical terms? A carbon budget at an instant of time means that the cumulative emissions from that instant until…

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