{"id":64718,"date":"2026-04-21T17:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64718"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:37:45","slug":"scientist-gregg-braden-on-net-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64718","title":{"rendered":"Scientist Gregg Braden on Net Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scientist_Gregg_Braden.jpg\" alt=\"Scientist Gregg Braden on Net Zero\" width=\"524\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scientist_Gregg_Braden.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scientist_Gregg_Braden-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scientist Gregg Braden warns that efforts to dramatically reduce atmospheric CO\u2082 could take us dangerously close to the extinction threshold, endangering all life on Earth. &#8220;If we were to meet the [the UN&#8217;s climate] goals&#8230; we would see a CO\u2082 level right around 220 or so parts per million.&#8221; &#8220;Extinction level CO\u2082 on this planet\u2014when the CO\u2082 drops below a certain level, forests die and life does no longer thrive\u2014that is 180 parts per million.&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s not good for us. Those proposals are not good for humans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wideawake_media\/status\/2046174797294403770?s=20\">https:\/\/x.com\/wideawake_media\/status\/2046174797294403770?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientist Gregg Braden warns that efforts to dramatically reduce atmospheric CO\u2082 could take us dangerously close to the extinction threshold, endangering all life on Earth. &#8220;If we were to meet the [the UN&#8217;s climate] goals&#8230; we would see a CO\u2082 level right around 220 or so parts per million.&#8221; &#8220;Extinction level CO\u2082 on this planet\u2014when &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64718\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scientist Gregg Braden on Net Zero&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64720,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64718\/revisions\/64720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}