The UN Climate Change’s report highlighted how the COP28 needs to set the stage fast
With COP28 in Dubai just around the corner and the Year of Sustainability going strong in the UAE, there have been several pushes towards greener fronts.
However, that seems to have been far from sufficient, as per a new report from UN Climate Change.
The national climate action plans have proven to remain insufficient in limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
In spite of countries making an increased effort, the report highlights how much more action is needed now to bend the world’s emissions trajectory further downward and avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
“Today’s report shows that governments combined are taking baby steps to avert the climate crisis. And it shows why governments must make bold strides forward at COP28 in Dubai, to get on track,” says the Executive-Secretary of UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell. “This means COP28 must be a clear turning point. Governments must not only agree on what stronger climate actions will be taken but also start showing exactly how to deliver them.”
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The stocktake at the COP28 in Dubai is intended to inform the next round of climate action plans under the Paris Agreement (known as nationally determined contributions, or ‘NDCs’) to be put forward by 2025, paving the way for accelerated action.
As per the latest science from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 43% before 2030, compared to 2019 levels. This is critical to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, including more frequent and severe droughts, heatwaves and rainfall.
Essentially, the time for baby steps is long behind us now.
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