The world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown but only through a “now or never” dash to a low-carbon economy and society, scientists have said in what is in effect a final warning for governments on the climate.
Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, and can be nearly halved this decade, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to give the world a chance of limiting future heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.It’s over for fossil fuels: IPCC spells out what’s needed to avert climate disasterRead more
The final cost of doing so will be minimal, amounting to just a few percent of global GDP by mid-century, though it will require a massive effort by governments, businesses and individuals.
But the chances were narrow and the world was failing to make the changes needed, the body of the world’s leading climate scientists warned. Temperatures will soar to more than 3C, with catastrophic consequences, unless policies and actions are urgently strengthened.
Jim Skea, a professor at Imperial College London and […]
I just watched a TV show about “Ice Truckers” up in Alaska who have to drive their 18-wheelers over ice on a frozen lake which is the only way to get food and supplies to a settlement which is stranded and need the food and supplies to survive. They also have an oil drilling platform which they run on supplies they bring up from Alaska to a place near the North Pole. Their lives are always in danger in times of high heat which have become worse and worse over the years. It is only more proof of climate change.