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Construction New Urban Infrastructure Could Exhaust Worlds Carbon Budget Within 5 Years
2015-11-08 03:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Good Men: According to a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the infrastructure that is already in place around the world effectively accounts for 80% of the 1000 Gigatonnes of carbon (based on 2012 measurements) required to stay on a maximum 2°C average warming trajectory. The problem is that if current infrastructure trends continue, the worlds entire budget could effectively be locked away within 5 years. The SEI analysis added to a recent assessment by the UN Special Envoy for Cities...
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