Wednesday, 23 June 2021

It's Later Than You Think?

A leaked draft of a 4000 page report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a difficult read (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/23/climate-change-dangerous-thresholds-un-report). The IPCC draft report reiterates that dangerous thresholds are closer than was once suggested. The draft also says that the dire consequences of 'decades of unbridled carbon pollution' are, in the short term, unavoidable. They believe the full consequences of climate change will hit the children and grandchildren of the present generation in 30 years time. The draft report attempts to offer a reality check against the ill-defined 'promises' of net zero by governments and corporations. Thank goodness, it's only a draft of the report! There's plenty of time to exert pressures, to get the final report properly sugar-coated.

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