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The carbon clock is ticking

The world as a whole, needs to contract carbon emissions at a constant rate of at least 20-tonnes per second for the next 20 years,
if we are to be globally carbon-emissions zero by 2040 for 1.5°C! To halve that weight, i.e zero by 2030, takes 40 tonnes per second.

The carbon clock is ticking

TOTAL GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET	12.5Gt C	37.5 Gt C	68.8 Gt C	131.3 Gt C	193.8 GtC	256.3 Gt C
tonnes per second	402	80	40	20	13	10
tonnes per minute	23,782	4,756	2,378	1,189	793	595
tonnes per hour	1,426,941	285,388	142,604	71,347	47,565	35,674
tonnes per day	34,246,575	6,849,315	3,424,658	1,712,329	1,141,553	856,164
tonnes per year	12.5 Gt C	2.5 Gt C	1.25 Gt C	.625 Gt C	.417 Gt C	.313 Gt C
Atmosphere Concentrations	420 ppmv	430 ppmv	440 ppmv	460 ppmv	480 ppmv	500 ppmv
Approximate Temperature Slope	~ 1.4° C	~ 1.5° C	~ 1.6° C	~ 1.9° C	~ 2.8° C	~ 3.8° C
CARBON REMOVAL RATE	To avoid runaway rates of climate change, minus 40-20 tonnes per second for next 10-20 years.

The carbon clock is ticking