In this article in August 2019 Chris Smith, SMURPHS researcher discussed his opinions on how to prevent the worst climate scenarios, carbon emissions must be slashed to net-zero by 2050
“I think this transition [to renewables] will happen,” said Chris Smith, a research fellow in physical climate change at the University of Leeds, England. “The question is, will it happen fast enough? Personally, I think not. I don’t think we’re headed for 4 degrees [Celsius] of warming, but I’d be very surprised if we managed to limit it to one and a half.”