Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body

Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body

The world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin.

Although the “window has closed” on holding temperature rises to 1.5C, in line with scientific advice, limiting the “overshoot” of that target is still possible, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep).

But countries are failing to translate their long-term targets on reducing emissions into short-term actions, a report on the “emissions gap” between climate goals and policies has found.

  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    12 minutes ago

    Enough with these “by X years” projections, it keeps giving governments that there’s still time to kick the can. Just publish “this is how much we are over the emissions budget TODAY” and make it clear that as long as it’s above 0 that means we are truly, really fucking ourselves and future generations.

    • hneerqe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      51 minutes ago

      Duh it’s not anthropogenic, obviously nothing will work. The ‘urgency’ will get worse and worse and all they’ll come up with is carbon tax, carbon allowance, restrictions for everyone except epstein class. Instead of prepping. Its so fucking obvious, I’m dumb as fuck and I can see it. Embarrassing.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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      56 minutes ago

      At this point they just say it to show how hopeless our situation is. In 10 years they will say “World must invent time machine, go back in time and prevent AI bubble from happening to keep temperature rise below 2C”.