Kevin Anderson from "Climate Uncensored"

Emissions of carbon dioxide are now over 60% higher than at the time of the first Earth Summit in 1992 – and still they are rising!

We can no longer hide our callous disregard for our children’s future, our sacrifice of climate-vulnerable communities or our destabilising of nature behind a veil of “innocence”.

It is simply “irresponsible” for governments of rich, industrialised nations to expand oil and gas extraction. Similarly, it’s irresponsible for ‘experts’ to dodge difficult political questions by relying on heroic technological solutions.

"Climate Uncensored" starts from this deeply uncomfortable but honest recognition of the situation.

We acknowledge the inspiring and often courageous work of the climate science community. But when it comes to cutting emissions, there is a widespread failure to accept the true scale and urgency of the challenge. Such ‘mitigation-denial’ is rife, even within the expert community.

Kevin Anderson (born 28 June 1962) is a British climate scientist. Anderson has a decade of industrial experience, principally as an engineer in the petrochemical industry. He regularly provides advice on issues of climate change (with a focus on energy and mitigation) across different tiers of governance, from local and regional through to national and the European Commission.

In 2022, with a previous Tyndall Centre colleague Dr Dan Calverley, he established a new project Climate Uncensored, providing “robust, unflinching commentary and assessment of the scale of the climate challenge and our responses to it.” Acknowledging “the inspiring and often courageous work of the climate science community .. when it comes to cutting emissions, there is a widespread failure to accept the true scale and urgency of the challenge. Such ‘mitigation denial’ is rife, even within the expert community.” Climate Uncensored focuses on cutting emissions, taking its lead from the Paris commitment to hold the global temperature rise to ‘well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C’. it is guided by the IPCC’s carbon budgets and strives to remain cognizant of issues of equity and fairness.

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