NEW YORK – The year 2022 saw the US enact an unprecedented climate bill and countries take bold steps at two United Nations conferences to id disaster-stricken developing nations and preserve what’s left of the natural world.
After the continent smashed summer heat records for the second consecutive year in 2022, new seasonal highs were registered in several European countries on New Year’s Day. Scientists say temperatures may breach the Paris Agreement’s lower limit of 1.5 deg C within a decade.Driving temperatures upward are record emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and cement production rose an estimated 1 per cent last year over 2021, to 36.
There’s about nine years of emissions left at 2022 rates to have half a shot at the 1.5 deg C goal and 30 years before chances of meeting the higher-end 2 deg C limit diminish. For the world to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, countries would have to cut emissions every year at a rate “comparable to the decrease observed in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic,” according to the Global Carbon Project.
The Tsanfleuron glacier’s ice that has covered it for at least 2,000 years has melted away. PHOTO: AFP The question is, when will that diplomacy translate into more positive readings for the planet’s vital statistics? At least green energy investment is growing.There’s a boom in renewables Activists hold a demonstration to implore countries to phase out all fossil fuels, at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, on Nov 18, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
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