Posted on 05 April 2022
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, scientists have said in the final component of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, and what is in effect a final warning on the climate.
A copy of the IPCC report is available here, and 4 takeaway summary points are:
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 54 per cent higher in 2019 than they were in 1990, but growth is slowing.
- Least developed countries emitted only 3.3 per cent of global emissions in 2019
- Pledges to the Paris Agreement are insufficient, emissions must fall 43 per cent by 2030 compared to 2019
- Finance falls short, especially in developing countries, but there is sufficient money in the world to close this gap