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The 1.5°C Chimera Is Over: We’ll Burn Through the Remaining Carbon Budget by 2027

From apex predator to prisoner of our own heat

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Ricky Lanusse 🇦🇶
Jun 21, 2025
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The 1.5°C chimera is over: from apex predator to prisoner of our own heat (created by author)

We were sold a chimera: a fantasy stitched together from hope and hubris. But the original Chimera was no dream. She was fire-breathing flesh: lion’s head, goat’s body, serpent’s tail. A grotesque hybrid that devoured men whole — but also left scorched earth beh…

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