It's not too late to mitigate global warming.
The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities. Rising seas and flooding are swallowing our homes. And record-breaking heatwaves are reshaping our way of life.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency said it's canceling any product containing the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate , also known as Dacthal. In a press release, EPA's assistant administrator for the office of chemical safety and pollution prevention, Michal Freedhoff, wrote, "With the final cancellation of DCPA, we're taking a definitive step to protect pregnant women and their unborn babies.
The United Nations is calling out the world's largest polluting nations for failing to take decisive action in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly. And they're warning that it will require nothing short of "a quantum leap in ambition" if we are to avoid the worst-case global warming scenarios.
In 2015, during a summit in Paris, the majority of the world's governments agreed to work toward limiting global warming to 1.5° C . This new report said it would require a 42% cut in yearly GHG emissions by 2030 if we want to try to avoid surpassing that milestone.
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