2023-11-14 10:48:51
Scientists have warned that efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees are failing across the board and that recent progress across all indicators is far behind the pace needed to address the climate crisis. All but one, the sale of electric vehicles, which is growing at a much higher rate than expected a few years ago, which is generating important benefits for public health, the economy and the climate.
The conclusions are highlighted in the annual report on the state of the climate prepared by the scientific organization Climate Action Tracker, several foundations (the Bezos Earth Fund and the ClimateWorks Foundation), officials of the UN and the World Resources Institute (WRI). . In a year when climate change has wreaked “havoc” around the world, global efforts to curb emissions “are falling short,” said Louise Jeffrey, a researcher at the NewClimate Institute and one of the lead authors of the report. It was published today.
In his opinion, limiting the increase in temperature to 1.5 degrees – as stated in the Paris Agreement – is an achievable objective, but “a radical change in climate action is urgently needed.” The report emphasizes the importance of limiting the increase in temperature to 1.5 degrees to avoid the intensification of climate impacts and minimize damage to biodiversity and food security and indicates the objectives that should be met by sectors that represent approximately 85 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
“Global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees are mediocre at best; despite decades of warnings and calls for action, our leaders have failed to mobilize climate action at the pace and scale needed.” “said Sophie Boehm, a researcher at the World Resources Institute and one of the lead authors of the report.
The researchers analyzed up to 42 indicators and have concluded that only one – the one referring to the sale of electric vehicles – is on track to reach its goal in 2030; six are advancing at a “promising” but insufficient speed; 24 are “on track” but well below the necessary pace; six are going in a “completely wrong” direction and need a 180-degree turn, and in five there is not enough data to analyze the movement. “It is becoming clearer and more urgent to correct course on climate,” said Ani Dasgupta, director of the World Resources Institute, noting that some progress has been made.
“But we are falling behind, with several trends moving rapidly in the wrong direction,” he insisted. The researchers stressed that achieving rapid transformations across sectors to meet global climate goals will require a huge acceleration of climate action during this decade. He cited as an example that the world needs to increase the growth of solar and wind energy, noting that the share of these two technologies in electricity generation has grown by an annual average of 14 percent in recent years, but that it must reach 24 percent in 2030.
Eliminating coal in electricity generation should move at a speed seven times faster than the current pace, which is equivalent to retiring about 240 medium-sized coal-fired power plants each year until 2030, the researchers found, who also stressed that the Current annual deforestation rate should be reduced four times faster. Or that changing to healthier and more sustainable diets should go eight times faster, which would imply reducing per person consumption of beef, goat and sheep to approximately two servings per week or less in the regions with the highest consumption (America, Europe and Oceania) by 2030.
“Something is wrong; clean energy markets are bullish, and governments around the world should be taking action, yet they continue to use public funds and subsidies to cling to our fossil past,” concluded Claire Fyson, one of the authors. report principals and co-head of the Climate Analytics policy team.
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