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1.5 °C

FAQs: 1.5°C Target and Geoengineering

Frequently Asked Questions on 1.5°C and Geoengineering

What's the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C? What are "negative emissions"? What's the problem with geoengineering? Why and how is the Heinrich Böll Foundation working on the topic of geoengineering and the 1.5°C limit? Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the 1,5°C target and the topic of geoengineering.
Geoengineering ist ein gefährlicher Irrweg -  Die Erde gefangen im Hohlraum einer Glühbirne

Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction

Analysis
Geoengineering technologies are considered by many to be the most practicable solution to overcome the climate crisis. They are mainly a means to secure the predominant role of fossil fuels in the economy.
By Carroll Muffett
Ein altes Thermometer an Holzwand

IPCC Special Report on 1.5: Limiting global warming without temperature "overshoot"

Analysis
The IPCC Special Report on 1.5 opts for a rigorous interpretation of the 1.5 limit on global warming. It has good reasons to do so: "Overshooting" that target risks irreversible impacts and damage for societies and ecosystems, and increases reliance on unproven, high-risk geoengineering technologies.
By Linda Schneider

Introduction: Radical Realism

This dossier aims to give a broad overview of exciting new and old pathways towards a climate-just 1.5°C world. Pathways that are grounded in radical, social and environmental justice-based agendas for political change.

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