12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months: A growing consensus that the next 18 months will be critical in dealing with the global heating crisis, among other environmental challenges
see also, Turning the Climate Tide by 2020, which i think this BBC article quotes. i have slightly editorialized the title here to make it more clear that this does not explicitly say we're fucked...
i have slightly editorialized the title here to make it more clear that this does not explicitly say we're fucked in 18 months instead of the 12 year timeframe given by the IPCC, but that the political machinery to meet the goals required to keep global warming under 1.5C--a 45% cut in emissions by 2030--must realistically be in place by the end of next year (a timeframe which conveniently coincides with the UN special climate summit this year, COP25, COP26, and ultimately a presidential election which will either see the US crash out of the Paris Agreement or reverse course) or that goal will not be attainable at all given that it's already a gigantic moonshot.
see also, Turning the Climate Tide by 2020, which i think this BBC article quotes.
i have slightly editorialized the title here to make it more clear that this does not explicitly say we're fucked in 18 months instead of the 12 year timeframe given by the IPCC, but that the political machinery to meet the goals required to keep global warming under 1.5C--a 45% cut in emissions by 2030--must realistically be in place by the end of next year (a timeframe which conveniently coincides with the UN special climate summit this year, COP25, COP26, and ultimately a presidential election which will either see the US crash out of the Paris Agreement or reverse course) or that goal will not be attainable at all given that it's already a gigantic moonshot.
Excuse me the short noise post but fucking DO SOMETHING ALREADY.
It'll take at least that long to get Trump out of office.
We're boned.