Synopsis
Prof David Spiegelhalter estimates that 1 trillion tonnes of carbon can be burned before we trigger dangerous climate change.
- Programme: Climate Change By Numbers
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Geography | Energy and Resources | Non-renewable and renewable energy | Non-renewable energy: fossil fuels
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