Fighting spirit helped us achieve the Paris accords in 2015 – and we need it now, says climate expert Christiana Figueres
Renewables generated 30% of global electricity last year. The new Boxberg solar park, built on a former open-pit coal mine in Nochten, Germany.Renewables generated 30% of global electricity last year. The new Boxberg solar park, built on a former open-pit coal mine in Nochten, Germany.Fighting spirit helped us achieve the Paris accords in 2015 – and we need it now the world is on course to overshoot 1.
Collective doubt in our ability to respond to the climate crisis is by now dangerously pervasive. Beyond climate scientists, it’s shared by politicians and some. It’s also shared by some philanthropists who fund climate NGOs, and by many who work in those NGOs. It is shared by some financiers, and some of those who work in companies struggling to reduce their emissions.
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