A report calculates that current climate policies will lead to a 2.5 degree rise in global temperature at best.
Only 24 of 193 countries have delivered a more ambitious plan to stop this phenomenon
Almost a decade ago the world set out to reduce its Emissions of greenhouse gases. In recent years, it has been possible to stop the growth of some of the compounds that, after more than a century flooding the atmosphere, have triggered a climate crisis global in scope. But according to a warning new United Nations reportthe current emission reduction plans are “insufficient” to curb global warming and all the damage caused as a result of this.
The analysis, presented this Wednesday, concludes that in the best of cases if all countries respected the promises adopted during the Paris agreement, the world would continue to be exposed to a global temperature rise of 2.5 degrees on average This represents an increase of one more degree with respect to the ‘security threshold’ of 1.5 degrees that countless scientific studies point out. If the average temperature rises above this figure, the world will be exposed to cascading damage to the health of people, wildlife and ecosystems.
The publication of this report takes place just a few weeks before the start of the climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, the diplomatic meeting in which they will try to outline the measures to stop the increase in global emissions. Last year, at the Glasgow summit, the countries unanimously recognized that the policies applied to date were not enough to stop global warming and promised to review their plans and present “more ambitious measures” at the Egyptian summit.
Only 24 countries have complied
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At this time, according to the United Nations analysis, only 24 of 193 countries have fulfilled this task. “It is disappointing to see that since last year only 24 countries have provided updated climate plans. Governments should convey the urgency and seriousness of the events we are facing and how little time we have left to avoid the most disastrous consequences of the climate emergency,” warns simon stiellexecutive secretary of the United Nations climate change department at the presentation of this latest report.
“The Sharm el-Sheikh summit will be the moment for leaders from around the world to take decisive action against climate change,” he says. Sameh Shoukri, Egyptian foreign minister and president of the summit, which will take place between November 6 and 18 in the Egyptian city. “We are in a race against time. These reports remind us that we are far from doing enough to stop this global crisis,” said the diplomat after the publication of this latest report.