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Urgent need to cut greenhouse gases – latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) draft report

Independent 1st Oct 2018,  The world is “already well on the way” to global temperature rises of 1.5C,
experts have warned as countries meet to finalise a major report on the issue. Representatives of 195 governments and scientists are meeting in South Korea this week to agree a report on the impacts of a rise of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and the action needed to limit global warming to that level.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was asked to draw up the report after countries agreed to curb warming to “well below” 2C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit rises to 1.5C. The tighter target was included in the global Paris Agreement on climate change agreed in 2015 amid fears that warming beyond 1.5C could threaten the survival of some countries, such as low-lying island states.

In order to stem rising temperatures, the world will need to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero and the report is likely to say that carbon emissions must fall to zero by 2050 to meet the 1.5C target.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-climate-change-temperature-rise-earth-experts-a8563966.html

October 3, 2018 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News