The report said the past five decades had the fastest temperature increases in at least 2,000 years.
report detailing the severity and timeline of global warming underscores an"overwhelming urgency" for action.
Scientists warn that at the current speed of human-related warming, extreme weather events such as heat waves, storms, wildfires and floods will become increasingly more common, making the world a more volatile and dangerous place to live. "As the IPCC makes plain, the impacts of the climate crisis, from extreme heat to wildfires to intense rainfall and flooding, will only continue to intensify unless we choose another course for ourselves and generations to come," he added.
The report found that only by cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero and eventually"net negative" values—in other words, by sucking more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than is added—can the Earth avoid exceeding the 1.5-degree threshold in the long term. Avoiding that temperature increase by 2100 is one of the key elements of the 2015 Paris climate accord, which almost all countries around the world have signed.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Harrowing New UN Report Finds Humans Are The ‘Unequivocal’ Cause Of Climate ChangeThe latest review of climate literature finds that the window to avert catastrophic warming with existing tools is rapidly closing.
Weiterlesen »
Landmark U.N. report delivers stark warning on climate change, says it's 'code red for humanity'The report provides world leaders with a gold standard summation of modern climate science ahead of U.N. climate talks, known as COP26, in early November.
Weiterlesen »
To save the planet, focus on cutting methane - U.N. climate reportIn four decades of climate negotiations, the world has focused intensely and exclusively on the most abundant climate-warming gas: carbon dioxide.
Weiterlesen »
Global Temperatures To Pass 1.5C Limit Within 20 Years, U.N. Climate Report WarnsI am a London-based reporter for Forbes covering breaking news. Previously, I have worked as a reporter for a specialist legal publication covering big data and as a freelance journalist and policy analyst covering science, tech and health. I have a master’s degree in Biological Natural Sciences and a master’s degree in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. Follow me on Twitter theroberthart or email me at rhartforbes.com
Weiterlesen »
Reactions to landmark U.N. climate science reportEight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker warnings about how human-induced climate change is affecting the planet – and how damaging the impacts might get.
Weiterlesen »