Truly only one negative feedback in the planet's overall carbon cycle can act with sufficient speed and strength to avert catastrophic climate impacts: The dominant carbon - based life form on this planet will have to respond to the already painfully clear impacts of our carbon emissions by slashing those emissions sharply and eventually running the planet on carbon - negative power. (thinkprogress.org)
India, therefore, must now work harder with developing countries and push for an ambitious global deal which is equitable and saves the world from catastrophic climate impacts. (chimalaya.org)
That Cancun decision clearly did not reflect the most up - to - date scientific assessments of climate sensitivity that show that a temperature rise of more than 2 degrees — even one above 1.5 degrees — has a high probability of catastrophic climate impacts. (climatenetwork.org)