There’s one key takeaway from last week’s IPCC report | Dana Nuccitelli

Cut carbon pollution as much as possible, as fast as possible

The Paris climate agreement set a target of no more than 2C global warming above pre-industrial temperatures, but also an aspirational target of no more than 1.5C. That's because many participating countries - especially island nations particularly vulnerable to sea level rise - felt that even 2C global warming is too dangerous. But there hadn't been a lot of research into the climate impacts at 1.5C vs. 2C, and so the UN asked the IPCC to publish a special report summarizing what it would take to achieve the 1.5C limit and what the consequences would be of missing it.

The details in the report are worth understanding, but there's one simple critical takeaway point: we need to cut carbon pollution as much as possible, as fast as possible.