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Climate Change - UN Edition
Posted on: November 14, 2023 at 08:15:27 CT
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Planet-warming pollution is expected to increase 9 percent by the end of the decade under the current climate plans of nearly 200 countries, raising alarm among United Nations leaders two weeks before the start of international climate talks.
The grim assessment was released Tuesday in a report by the U.N. climate change secretariat that highlighted the shortcomings of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists previously have said carbon emissions must fall 43 percent by 2030 over 2019 levels to prevent temperatures from increasing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“Today’s report shows that governments combined are only taking baby steps to avert the climate crisis,” the U.N.'s climate change executive secretary, Simon Stiell, said in a statement, adding that “bold strides forward” are needed at the climate talks that begin in Dubai on Nov. 30.
The 9 percent increase in emissions over 2010 levels is down slightly from the 11 percent rise highlighted in last year’s report. If measured against a 2019 baseline, emissions are projected to peak before 2030 and fall 2 percent by the end of this decade.
“Governments must not only agree that stronger climate actions will be taken but also start showing exactly how to deliver them,” Stiell said.
The report assesses the plans of all 195 countries participating in the Paris climate agreement — known in U.N. jargon as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs.
The grim assessment was released Tuesday in a report by the U.N. climate change secretariat that highlighted the shortcomings of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists previously have said carbon emissions must fall 43 percent by 2030 over 2019 levels to prevent temperatures from increasing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“Today’s report shows that governments combined are only taking baby steps to avert the climate crisis,” the U.N.'s climate change executive secretary, Simon Stiell, said in a statement, adding that “bold strides forward” are needed at the climate talks that begin in Dubai on Nov. 30.
The 9 percent increase in emissions over 2010 levels is down slightly from the 11 percent rise highlighted in last year’s report. If measured against a 2019 baseline, emissions are projected to peak before 2030 and fall 2 percent by the end of this decade.
“Governments must not only agree that stronger climate actions will be taken but also start showing exactly how to deliver them,” Stiell said.
The report assesses the plans of all 195 countries participating in the Paris climate agreement — known in U.N. jargon as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs.
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