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"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has made a scathing attack on the global
fossil fuel industry, describing them as the “Godfathers of climate chaos” that
has put the world off course to keep average global warming below the
aspirational Paris climate target of 1.5°C.
“Our planet is trying to tell us something, but we don’t seem to be listening,”
Guterres said in a landmark speech.
“Like the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs we are having an outsized
impact. In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs, we are the meteor. We
are not only in danger, we are the danger. But we are also the solution.
“The truth is almost 10 years since the Paris Agreement was adopted the target
of limiting long term global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is hanging by a
thread. The truth is, the world is spewing emissions so fast that by 2030 a far
higher temperature rise would be all but guaranteed.”
The UN chief blamed decades of lies and climate action sabotage by the fossil
fuel industry and its political and PR operatives for the state of the planet,
and the likelihood that the world will bust its carbon budget by 2030.
“Brand new data from leading climate scientists releases today shows the
remaining carbon budget to limit long term warming to 1.5 degrees is now around
200 billion tones,” he said.
That is the maximum amount of carbon dioxide that the Earth’s atmosphere can
take if we are to have a fighting chance of staying within the limits. And the
truth is we are burning through the budget at reckless speed spewing out around
40 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year.”
“We can all do the math. At these rates the entire carbon budget will be busted
before 2030.”
“The truth is, global emissions need to fall 9% every year until 2030 to keep
1.5 degree limits alive. But they are heading in the wrong direction. Last
year, they rose by 1%”"
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
