The remaining carbon budget available to keep global warming below 1.5°C is nearly gone, and some of the interdependencies required for staying on the path to net zero make its achievement tenuous. Delays in establishing new electricity transmission lines, for example, could hinder a rollout of the solar and wind power that other decarbonization projects need.
To read the article, see “Failure is not an option: Increasing the chance of achieving net zero,” June 2, 2022.