TED Countdown: 1.5° Overshoot – risks and new dilemmas

Dr James Dyke (University of Exeter) and I led a workshop at TED Countdown in Brussels.

The majority of climate scientists no longer believe we can limit warming to 1.5°C  and efforts to do so now depend on the concept of overshoot, which is increasingly relying on carbon removal to lower temperatures by 2100. What if this does not work? What if increasing climate impacts beyond 1.5°C of warming splinters the consensus on how best to respond to human-caused climate change? This workshop, led by University of Exeter Associate Professor James Dyke and Chatham House’s Laurie Laybourn, will address the risks associated with overshoot and explore different perspectives on how to best communicate the evidence of heading to a much warmer world with severe consequences. Together, we will consider how we can engage stakeholders, develop new narratives, and identify opportunities for reinforcing rapid action in overshoot scenarios.

This was a private event.