With countries distracted by a war in Ukraine, an energy crisis and a battle to keep the lights on, climate change has dropped down the agenda. Has the world gone backwards on climate action since the Glasgow climate talks?
If you speak to scientists, who have complained for years their warnings were falling on deaf ears, the answer is bleak.The planet"has not registered humanity's frankly rather feeble efforts to stop this emergency," says Peter Kalmus, a scientist at NASA but speaking in a personal capacity.
Every bit of pollution contributes to the global heating that has fuelled a litany of extreme, deadly and catastrophic weather events suffered the world over. "In some cases, yes, we are concerned with this backsliding and backtracking from major partners who have been strongly committed to climate change."
Renewable power is growing so quickly that it met all of the increase in electricity demand in the first half of this year, a key stepping stone before it then starts to displace existing fossil fuel power. "That's the future being built," says Nick Mabey, co-CEO of climate think tank E3G."EVs, heat pumps and renewable low carbon power are the things that give me hope."Major economies including China, India, Japan and the EU are accelerating the roll out of renewable power
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