The IPCC warned the impacts of flooding, droughts and heat waves will become more difficult to manage as global temperatures continue to rise.
United Nations scientists warned Monday the world is on track to pass a critical temperature threshold believed to be essential to combat climate change by the early 2030s—as scientists resound the alarm for drastic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions they say are necessary to prevent catastrophic droughts, heat waves and sea-level rise.... [+]Within 10 years the Earth could surpass the monumental 1.
Hitting that threshold will trigger more frequent and intense droughts and flooding, water security issues, damage to the global economy and death, IPCC scientists warned, with those impacts becoming “increasingly difficult to manage,” according to IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee. In order to delay that 1.5 degree Celsius mark, Lee said countries need to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, and implement “climate resilient development,” including the development of clean energy, water and air.
IPCC members also urged countries to stave off new coal production, arguing it should be eliminated in rich countries by 2030 and in poor countries by 2040. Inger Andersen, the director of the U.N. Environment Programme, urged countries to “turn down the heat” by cutting greenhouse emissions, a decision she called “the ultimate no-brainer.”“Humanity is on thin ice, and that ice is melting fast,” U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Monday, adding, “our world needs climate action on all fronts—everything, everywhere, all at once.
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