World scientists – we can’t raise the temperature by more than two degrees Celsius

The official position of planet Earth at the moment is that we can’t raise the temperature more than two degrees Celsius. Some context: So far, we’ve raised the average temperature of the planet just under 0.8 degrees Celsius, and that has caused far more damage than most scientists expected. (A third of summer sea ice …

Chart – 21st century has already created more goods than previous 1,900 years

  In the first decade of the 21st century, the population of the world produced more economic output than in the first 19 centuries of the common era combined. If people do make history, then two people make twice as much history as one. Since there are almost 7 billion people alive today, it follows …