A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden, New Jersey, on April 22nd, 2022. | Photo by Kena Betancur / VIEWpress
The world is quickly approaching a new level of climate catastrophe as greenhouse gas emissions in 2022 reach record levels.
Carbon dioxide pollution from burning fossil fuels is on track to exceed pre-pandemic highs set in 2019, according to the latest Global Carbon Budget report produced by an international team of over 100 researchers. Now the world is in danger of surpassing a key climate threshold in just nine years if business continues as usual, the report finds.
In that timeframe, without deep cuts to planet-heating pollution, we’ve got a 50 / 50 chance of global warming climbing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. At that point, the outlook for many communities’ and ecosystems’ ability to adapt gets…