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"A new, grim projection, released overnight by Climate Action Tracker, has
dashed the cautious optimism following last week’s commitments at the UN
climate talks in Glasgow. It found the world is still headed for 2.1℃ of
warming this century, even if all pledges are met.
Similar new analysis from Climate Analytics suggests if global warming is to be
limited to 1.5℃, an enormous ambition gap remains for this decade.
Last week, national leaders shared their plans to cut carbon pollution and to
transition to a net-zero emissions economy. Some countries made much more
ambitious commitments than others. The UK for example, as summit hosts, pledged
to cut emissions by 68% this decade, while Australia – a clear laggard among
developed countries – refused to strengthen the target it set in 2015 to cut
emissions by 26-28% by 2030.
Taken together, national announcements clarify that the world has made some
progress since the 2015 Paris climate summit, but not nearly enough to avoid
climate catastrophe. So what needs to happen in the final days of frantic
negotiations at COP26 to close the ambition gap?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
