From the editorial staff
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, October 25, 2024, p. 13
The United Nations (UN) warned that Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, after increasing 1.3 percent last year. If we do not reduce these releases by 9 percent each year until 2030, the worst of climate change will not be avoided.
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According to the report Emissions gap 2024the expulsion of gases that cause global warming increased to a maximum of 57.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide.
The goal of stopping global warming will be declared unattainable within a few years unless nations collectively commit to reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions by 42 percent by 2030 and 57 percent by 2035 in their national plans.
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Could increase temperature 3.1° C
The record also admits that To date, there is little confidence in the application of these net zero emissions commitments
and even mentions that Current policies put us on track for a catastrophic temperature rise of 3.1 degrees Celsius by the end of the century
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Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said that “the goal of maintaining the average temperature of the earth 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era to slow the rise in temperatures, He will soon be dead, and the 2 degree Celsius rise will take his place in the intensive care unit
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Anne Olhoff, lead editor of the document, assured that If we look at the progress towards the 2030 goals, especially those of the G-20 member countries, it is evident that they have not made much progress towards their climate goals.
Either leaders meet the emissions gap or we plunge headlong into a climate disaster, in which the poorest and most vulnerable will suffer the most.
warned António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN.
The full report can be viewed at: https://t.ly/JzBVi
