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Beware the Risks of Secular Decarbonization

| June 18, 2022

For many, integrating “decarbonization” into public policy, corporate and financial strategies has become a requirement, not an option — yet, what happens when the critical link between climate stability and decarbonization breaks?

A recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) demonstrates that, to date, the speed of climate action is not fast or large enough to achieve the goal of keeping temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees celsius. Hence, the original purpose of the Paris Agreement will not be achieved. 

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For Academic Citation: Braunstein, Juergen.“Beware the Risks of Secular Decarbonization.” The Hill, June 18, 2022.

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