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Dr. Kent Peacock | 2C_Guardrail or Guide Rail to Disaster? | Thursday Jan 25, 2024 13:30 EST
January 25 @ 13:30 - 16:30 EST
Speaker: Dr. Kent Peacock
Topic: 2C: Guardrail or Guide Rail to Disaster?
Time: Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Summary:
The idea that 2C is a safe guardrail for global heating was a guesstimate by an economist almost fifty years ago, and it had a sketchy scientific basis even at that time. The 2023 State of the Cryosphere report says unequivocally, “Two Degrees is Too High.” The only hope of preventing catastrophic sea level rise, say the authors of this report, would be to literally cool the planet to a temperature anomaly of no more than 1C. In a year of bad news for the climate, no one wants to hear a prescription like this, but climate policy must be adjusted, and quickly, to reflect these grim realities.
Biography:
Kent Peacock is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta (though soon to retire). He works in foundations of physics, logic, and philosophy of the environment. He has a strong interest in all matters related to climate and energy, and he is currently holder of a SSHRC Insight Grant to study “The Symbiotic Conception of Sustainability.”