New research suggests 1.5C climate target will be out of reach without greener COVID-19 recovery plans
(WorldNews Environment)

The amount of carbon dioxide that we can still emit while limiting global warming to a given target is called the `remaining carbon budget,` and it has become a powerful tool to inform climate policy goals and track progress towards net-zero emissions targets. This carbon budget is like a fixed financial budget: there is a cap on total allowable expenses over time, and excess spending in the near term requires deceased spending in the future. Similarly, the remaining carbon budget is a fixed total quantity of future emissions that is small enough to limit global temperature increases before they exceed our climate targets. Scientists` estimates of the remaining carbon budget vary widely....