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'The world needs to "rapidly accelerate action" on cutting heat-trapping
emissions, warns a new report from the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change. Countries have an ever-shrinking window of time to stave off
temperatures that would bring more dangerous heat waves, droughts and storms.
The warning comes ahead of major climate change negotiations among world
leaders in early December at COP28, to be held in the United Arab Emirates.
Countries use the annual summit to discuss their pledges to cut greenhouse gas
emissions, but so far, they're still falling short.
Climate scientists warn that the world needs to limit warming to 1.5 degrees
Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Beyond that threshold, sea level rise
threatens to inundate coastal cities, coral reefs could disappear almost
entirely, and extreme weather events become even more common. Currently, the
world is on track for around 2.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
To avoid that, the UN report warns that emissions need to fall 43 percent by
2030 and by 60 percent by 2035, compared with 2019 levels. Ultimately, the
world needs to reach net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, meaning any
continued emissions would be absorbed from the air and trapped, either by
plants and ecosystems or by human-made technology.'
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
