Way to totally misframe the piece. Hardly an off the cuff cry of wolf. He was commenting on the events and summits coming over the next 18 months. To quote the article:
"But today, observers recognise that the decisive, political steps to enable the cuts in carbon to take place will have to happen before the end of next year."
There are two significant summits - New York in September, and London toward the end of 2020.
If substantive and binding global agreement isn't achieved, then we're on for another half decade of pissing about. It's not like 1.5, 2 or 3 degrees is an end point, just which line of the graph we follow through the rest of the century and beyond.
"But today, observers recognise that the decisive, political steps to enable the cuts in carbon to take place will have to happen before the end of next year."
There are two significant summits - New York in September, and London toward the end of 2020.
If substantive and binding global agreement isn't achieved, then we're on for another half decade of pissing about. It's not like 1.5, 2 or 3 degrees is an end point, just which line of the graph we follow through the rest of the century and beyond.