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Aug 9, 2021 · 15:49 BST 9 August 2021. We're ending our live updates following the release of the landmark UN report on climate change. Thank you for joining us. Here are the key points: Human activity is...
Aug 9, 2021 · “Climate change is already affecting every region on Earth, in multiple ways. The changes we experience will increase with additional warming,” said IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair Panmao Zhai. The report projects that in the coming decades climate changes will increase in all regions.
Dec 18, 2020 · According to Met Office projections, the Earth's temperature for 2021 will likely be between 0.91C and 1.15C above what they were in the years from 1850-1900 with a central estimate of...
- The crucial climate conference. In November 2021, world leaders will be gathering in Glasgow for the successor to the landmark Paris meeting of 2015. Paris was important because it was the first time virtually all the nations of the world came together to agree they all needed to help tackle the issue.
- Countries are already signing up to deep carbon cuts. And there has already been progress. The most important announcement on climate change last year came completely out of the blue.
- Renewables are now the cheapest energy ever. There is a good reason why so many countries are now saying they plan to go net zero: the collapsing cost of renewables is completely changing the calculus of decarbonisation.
- Covid changes everything. The coronavirus pandemic has shaken our sense of invulnerability and reminded us that it is possible for our world to be upended in ways we cannot control.
• Climate Change Today: what changes have already occurred and how we know humans are responsible; • Our Future Climate: what changes could happen in the future depending on the actions we take; • Limiting Future Climate Change: what is required to stop global temperature from continuing to rise.
Feb 8, 2024 · It means that by the year 2100, the world's average surface temperature will have risen to no more than 1.5C (2.7F) warmer than pre-industrial levels. The 1.5C threshold was the stretch target...
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Apr 21, 2021 · The news is timely given that this year’s Earth Day takes place on Thursday, when all eyes will be on US president Joe Biden, who is holding an online virtual summit from the White House in the...
