Paul Mayewski, director and professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of 海角社区, and Anders Beal, associate in the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and former U海角社区 graduate student of Global Policy, co-authored an opinion piece for about how critical this decade is in terms of addressing the climate crisis before certain 鈥渢ipping points鈥 are surpassed. 鈥淭here is also a certain level of hubris emerging within some policy and scientific circles, assuming humanity can stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis by betting on carbon-capture technologies or risking unknown consequences from geoengineering. Policymakers should begin talking about the here and now, with concrete reductions in emissions each year,鈥 Mayewski and Anders wrote.
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