Responses

The short answer is no, it is not too late to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, but truly "reversing" the damage already done is a much more complex challenge. To understand what is possible, scientists distinguish between stopping further warming and reversing the warming we have already caused. --- 1. Can we stop global warming? (Yes, and quickly) For a long time, there was a co

The answer to whether it is too late to reverse climate change depends entirely on how you define “reverse.” From a scientific perspective, the situation is divided into what is already permanently lost, what we can stop from getting worse, and how we might eventually cool the planet back down. --- 1. What is Irreversible (The "Too Late" part) According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmenta