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"Countries must make an unprecedented effort to cut their levels of
greenhouse gases in the next decade to avoid climate chaos, the UN has
warned, as it emerged that emissions hit a new high last year.
Carbon dioxide emissions in 2018, also accounting for deforestation,
rose to more than 55 gigatonnes, and have risen on average by 1.5% a
year for the past decade, according to the UN Environment Programme
(UNEP) annual emissions gap report.
Global emissions must fall by 7.6% every year from now until 2030 to
stay within the 1.5C ceiling on temperature rises that scientists say is
necessary to avoid disastrous consequences. The only time in recent
history when emissions have fallen in any country at a similar rate came
during the collapse of the Soviet Union. During the financial crisis and
recession, emissions in the US and Japan fell briefly by about 6% but
soon rebounded.
However, technologies such as renewable energy and electric vehicles are
now available, and increasingly cheap, which could enable deep cuts in
carbon without jeopardising economic growth."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
