Vulnerable countries have called on Monday to the urgent implementation of new financing to adapt to the disastrous effects of climate change.
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“Disastrous painting”, “terrible risks”, “catastrophic consequences”, “desperate situation”. The reactions to the New report from the intergovernmental group of experts On the evolution of the climate (IPCC), published on Monday, February 28, gave rise to a profusion of adjectives to try to summarize the reality described by scientists: ever more impacts, generalized and often incorporated by climate change of human origin, which push societies and nature to the limits of their adaptability.
“I have seen many scientific reports in my life, but nothing comparable to this one,” reacted the Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, describing “an atlas of human suffering”. “Nearly half of humanity lives in the danger zone – now. Many ecosystems have reached the point of no return, now. The facts are undeniable,” he hammered.
The conclusions of the report resemble a “nightmare”, but they are a “daily reality” for the families of Kenya and more widely from the southern countries, warns Susan Otieno, Executive Director of ActionAid Kenya. “More than 1.4 million animals died because of the current drought, depriving the breeders of their only way to support their families. We are afraid that soon it is children who die thirsty and hunger. “
“If you wanted a good news to change, look elsewhere,” said Dave Reay, Director of Climate Change Institute, from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). Using the metaphor of the Domino effect, it considers that the climate change of the XXI e century “threatens to destroy the foundations of food and water security, human health and ecosystems and, finally , to shake the very pillars of human civilization “.
After the observation, calls are multiplied in favor of urgent action. First to adapt to impacts, but also to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including major polluting countries, since the report shows that adaptation will not be sufficient. “Climate science has been unanimous for decades: we have to stop burning fossil fuels,” reminds Olha Boiko, a coordinator of the Eastern Europe’s Climate Action Network, which adds that with the war in Ukraine, “we see today How the dependence on fossil fuels and conflicts are nested “.
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