The commitments made for 2030 lead the planet to a climate warming of 2.7 ° C at the end of the century, and are, in any case, not yet respected, prevents the United Nations Environment Program.
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While climatic disasters are unleashed in all regions of the world, states are required to put in order to battle against this “existential threat”, according to the words of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres . We are still far away. Not only the commitments of the countries taken for 2030 lead the planet to a climate warming of 2.7 ° C at the end of the century, but, moreover, they are not respected. The objectives of carbon neutrality in the middle of the century constitute a “hope”, but they remain “vague, often incomplete and not aligned with most short-term plans,” warns the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), In its annual balance sheet of climate action, published Tuesday, October 26th.
His alert, and his call to take additional measures “urgently”, constitutes a warning for the governments that will meet from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow (Scotland) for the e World Climate Conference (COP26). This summit, the most important since COP21 in 2015, will have to translate into a frank acceleration of the action.
“Less than a week of COP26, we are still on the path of a climate catastrophe, warned Antonio Guterres, at a press conference. As indicated by the title of this year’s report. : “The heat is at the rendezvous”. And as shown by the content of the report, the leadership we need is absent. “
The concentration of co 2 in The atmosphere has reached records
A strong rebound in CO emissions 2 is expected this year, after the unprecedented fall (- 5.4%) recorded in 2020 due to the pandemic of COVID-19. The preliminary estimates of the UNEP show that the rejections of fossil energies could grow by 4.8% this year, and that global greenhouse gas emissions would be barely lower than The historical record of 2019. Despite the decline of emissions in 2020, the concentration of co 2 in the atmosphere reached new records, According to the World Meteorological Organization , and an unparalleled level for at least two million years old.
Every year, based on the latest data compiled by an international team of scientists, UNEP’s “GAP Report” emissions compares the gap between voluntary commitments by States to reduce their emissions and the Decrease which would be necessary to respect the Paris Agreement on the climate – which aims to limit the rise of the temperature well below 2 ° C, and if possible at 1.5 ° C relative to the preindustrial era. Conclusion: If this gap has been reduced for the first time since 2015, it is still too important.
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