The Paris Climate Agreement aims to limit global warming below 2 degrees Celsius
The world has taken a catastrophic path of warming by 2.7 degrees Celsius. The warning was issued by the United Nations today, six weeks before the Glasgow climate conference, AFP reported.
A report assessing the national commitments made by 191 countries in efforts to reduce the effects of global warming found that the world had embarked on a disastrous path to warming by 2.7 percent, the general said today. UN Secretary Antonio Guterres.
The Paris Climate Agreement aims to limit global warming below 2 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial era, and if possible even to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Under the Paris Agreement, each country had to revise its national contribution to global efforts in this direction by the end of 2020. But by July 30, only 113 countries, accounting for less than half of global greenhouse gas emissions (49 percent), had filed their revised commitments. According to these new promises from this group of 113 countries, including the United States and the European Union, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 12 percent by 2030 compared to 2010. But this ray of hope does not make the picture less bleak, says Patricia Espinosa, in charge of climate issues at the UN.
Taking into account all national plans, whether revised or not, in 191 countries, the result shows that emissions will increase by 16 percent by 2030 compared to 2010. And they had to be reduced by 40 percent by 2030 ., so that the warming is below 1.5 degrees Celsius, or to be reduced by 25 percent by 2030, so that the warming is 2 degrees Celsius.
This 16 percent increase by 2030 could lead to temperatures rising by about 2.7 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. And even the slightest increase has dramatic consequences.
The focus is now on China, which is responsible for more than a quarter of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a year ago that he aims for his country to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, but before that there will be a peak in emissions in 2030. However, Beijing has not yet presented its revised plan for national contribution to global efforts. to combat climate change.
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