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The already accumulated carbon in the air and near certainty of average temperatures exceeding 2 deg C signal greater dangers ahead.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Vinod Thomas
Climate disasters like the deadly heatwaves that scorched South-east and South Asia in April and May show that scientific projections are being systematically overshot.
The already accumulated carbon in the air and near certainty of average temperatures rising by more than 2 deg C – the threshold for limiting global warming agreed on internationally – signal greater dangers ahead.
