Meet the anticyclone.
Some of that is for reasons out of its control, certainly—domineering emitters like China, the United States, India, and Japan have simply not held up their end of the bargain when it comes to global cooperation on climate mitigation—but there were several unforced errors along the way, too.
For one, the post–financial crisis austerity regimeprevented many of its member governments from making even heftier investments in clean energy, public health, and general environmental protection. A baffling, persistent reliance on natural gas as a “bridge fuel” poured tons of highly potent methane into the atmosphere, spurring global-warming feedback loops.
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