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Most countries aren't hitting 2030 climate goals, and everyone will pay the price The majority of the carbon emission reduction pledges for 2030 that 184 countries made under the Paris Agreement aren’t nearly enough to keep global warming well below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius). |
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Some countries won’t achieve their pledges, and some of the world's largest carbon emitters will continue to increase their emissions, according to a panel of world-class climate scientists. Their report, “The Truth Behind the Paris Agreement Climate Pledges,” warns that by 2030, the failure to reduce emissions will cost the world a minimum of $2 billion per day in economic losses from weather events made worse by human-induced climate change Moreover, weather events and patterns will hurt human health, livelihoods, food, and water, as well as biodiversity. Extinction Rebellion - a climate activist (on the left) |
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On Monday, November 4, the Trump Administration submitted a formal request to officially pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement next November. Every nation in the world has agreed “to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change,” according to language in the pact. | |||||||||||
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“Countries need to double and triple their 2030 reduction commitments to be aligned with the Paris target,” says Sir Robert Watson, former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and co-author of the report that closely examined the 184 voluntary pledges under the Paris Agreement. “We have the technology and knowledge to make those emissions cuts, but what’s missing are strong enough policies and regulations to make it happen,” Watson says in an interview. “Right now the world is on a pathway to between 3 and 4 degrees C (5.5 and 7F) by the end of the century.” |
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In fact, the world’s first and fourth biggest emitters, China and India,
will have higher emissions in 2030.
The U.S. is the second largest and its pledge is too low. It’s also in doubt, given the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the accord. |
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The report is published by the Universal Ecological Fund, a nonprofit that
focuses on providing accessible information on climate science in the
hopes of inspiring people to push for climate action. Updated November11, 2019 At $2M, priciest ever medicine treats fatal genetic disease |
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