There is no middle ground when it comes to the climate and ecological emergency. Of course you could argue that we should go for a more risky pathway, such as the alternative of 580 gigatonnes of CO2 from January 1, 2018, which gives us a 50:50 chance of limiting the global temperature rise to below 1.5°C. That amount of carbon dioxide will run out in about twelve years of current business as usual. But why should we do that? Why should we accept taking that risk? Leaving the future living conditions for humankind to a 50:50 flip of a coin? Four hundred and twenty gigatonnes left of CO2 to
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