We have very little time to tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions.
of over 100 researchers. Now the world is in danger of surpassing a key climate threshold in just nine years if business continues as usual, the report finds.
In that timeframe, without deep cuts to planet-heating pollution, we’ve got a 50 / 50 chance of global warming climbing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. At that point, the outlook for many communities’ and ecosystems’ ability to adapt gets prettyAt that point, the outlook for many communities’ and ecosystems’ ability to adapt gets pretty ominous
Twice as many megacities will become “heat-stressed” by 2050, putting up to 350 million more people at risk from dangerously high temperatures. Up to 50 percent more people around the world face dwindling water resources. Researchers expect to lose 99 percent of the world’s coral reefs as global temperatures inch toward 2 degrees of warming. And the list goes on of cascading climate damages.
. This year, there’s a big emphasis on pushing wealthy countries responsible for the most pollution to pay up for the “loss and damage” caused by climate change. That refers to irrevocable losses that the most climate-vulnerable nations face from things like land lost to rising seas and encroaching deserts. The climate talks are also supposed to push countries to ramp up their commitments to slash pollution under the Paris agreement, which sets a goal of limiting global warming to around 1.
As the latest Global Carbon Budget report shows, the world isn’t on course to reach that goal. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels rose 1 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year. The biggest culprit behind that rise this year is pollution from aviation, according to the report.
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