UN climate talks in Scotland has concluded with a global agreement aimed at keeping alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic shot at saving the world from catastrophic climate change.
Off target
A report by Climate Action Tracker said that the promises by nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 will still result in the Earth heating up by around 2.4° Celsius by 2100, compared with pre industrial levels, far beyond the UN target.
UN target. A lowdown:
About:
- •The "Glasgow climate pact" was adopted despite a last-minute intervention by India to water down language on "phasing out" coal to merely "phasing down".
- The pledges on emissions cuts made at the two-week Cop26 summit in Glasgow fell well short of those required to limit temperatures to 1.5C, according to scientific advice. Instead, all countries have agreed to return to the negotiating table next year, at a conference in Egypt, and re-examine their national plans, with a view to increasing their ambition on cuts.
- One of the fiercest disagreements in the final hours was over the wording of an intention to abandon coal, which was watered down from a "phase-out" to a "phase-down". Yet it marked the first time that such a resolution had been made under the UN climate process.
source: newsonair
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