ANALYSIS: How hundreds of international experts came together to produce the most definitive climate change warning yet
We were both involved in this process. The role of the reports' authors and IPCC bureau members is to stay true to the underlying science and chart a way between different governments' preferences. It is a unique process for scientific documents.
To keep warming within 2C above pre-industrial levels, global greenhouse gas emissions must decline by around 21 per cent by 2030 and around 35 per cent by 2035. Keeping warming below 1.5C requires even stronger emissions reduction. Many of these come at low cost. And many bring side benefits, such as reduced air pollution. If all technically available options were used, global emissions could be at least halved by 2030, at manageable costs.As today's report states, the global economic benefit of limiting warming to 2C exceeds the costs of emissions reduction. That's without even taking into account the avoided damages of climate change or the side benefits that sensible action could generate.
Unfortunately, overall global adaptation has not kept up with the pace and degree of increasing impacts from climate change. Most responses have been fragmented, incremental and confined to a specific sector of the economy. And most are unequally distributed across regions and vary in their effectiveness.
Moving people off flood-prone areas and returning these areas to more natural systems can reduce flood risk, increase biodiversity and store carbon dioxide in plants and soil.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Adam Sandler receives Mark Twain Prize for comedyAdam Sandler is the latest celebrity to be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The actor and comedian first rose to fame during his five-year stint on Saturday Night Live, which launched his long and wildly successful movie career, producing over 30 movies and grossing over $3 billion worldwide.
Read more »
Mark Dreyfus accuses federal Coalition leaders of ‘complete silence’ on neo-Nazis in parliamentary clashPeter Dutton joined condemnation of Nazi glorification but did not weigh in on MP Moira Deeming’s attendance at rally
Read more »
Time is the ‘key element’: Mark Latham on weight loss prior to election campaignOne Nation NSW Leader Mark Latham says time is the “key element” to weight loss, speaking about his change in appearance prior to his election campaign. “This is weight that I lost last year,” he told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “But the good news is in the election campaign I’ve kept it off as a challenge there as I get busy. “I point out that if you want to do something … you can have diet, you can have exercise, but time is the other key element. “You need the time to devote to your own wellbeing.”
Read more »
‘Not benign’: Labor plans vaping crackdownHealth Minister Mark Butler has accused the tobacco industry of marketing vaping products to children.
Read more »
Royal family shares sweet snap of Princess of Wales and her children to mark Mother's DayA new picture has been released of the Princess of Wales and her children as the royal family marked Mother's Day with a series of images on social media including one of the King and his late mother.
Read more »