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Emissions will only be reduced by 1% this decade. That is the damning conclusion of a new assessment by the UNFCCC on February 26, analyzing 48 national emissions reduction targets it received during 2020. In the analysis, the EU is counted as one of the respondents, in the framework of its global Green New Deal plans, led by a goal of zero emissions by 2050.
Edie says the assessment Ecuador Mobile Number List reveals that the emissions targets, taken together, will only put the world on track to produce 1% less greenhouse gases in 2030 than in 2010. By comparison, the reduction will need to be 25% to comply with the 2ºC trajectory of the Paris Agreement and 45% to achieve alignment with 1.5ºC .
What will cause the difference in degrees?
Many countries agree that the world should aim for 1.5ºC rather than 2ºC, following the IPCC's landmark 2018 report on the economic, social and environmental ramifications of both trajectories.
Governments and businesses warned that the half-degree difference would significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people. And the only way to reach 1.5ºC, the report clearly stated, was the complete net decarbonization of the world economy by 2050.
Emissions will only be reduced by 1% in this decade: UN
Among the countries that have updated their Paris Agreement NDCs in an effort to reach 1.5ºC are the United Kingdom, the EU, Argentina, Chile, Norway, Kenya and Ukraine. However, the UNFCCC has warned that updated NDCs from countries including Japan, South Korea, Russia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Australia are not robust enough. And this despite the new zero emissions goals of Japan and South Korea for 2020.
This report shows that current levels of climate ambition are far from putting us on a path to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
I call on all parties – even those who have tabled NDCs – to reflect on this and raise ambition. At the moment, it's like we're walking into a minefield blindfolded. What we need is much more radical and transformative than what we have now. We need concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels as soon as possible.
Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UNFCCC.
For his part, Alok Sharma, president of COP26, stated:
This report must serve as an urgent call to action and I call on all countries, especially major emitters, to present ambitious emissions reduction targets for 2030.
We must recognize that the window for action to safeguard our planet is rapidly closing.
Alok Sharma, President of COP26
Emissions will only be reduced by 1%: what does the report say about the emissions gap?
In December 2020, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) published its latest emissions gap report.
The report revealed that, under a business-as-usual scenario, the world is likely to warm by more than 3.2ºC than in pre-industrial times by the year 2100. While it mapped out a reduction in emissions in the face of lockdown restrictions, it warned that most governments still do not have adequate plans to block progress and accelerate decarbonization in the coming decades.
Emissions will only be reduced by 1% in this decade: UN
The pandemic is a warning that we must urgently change our destructive development trajectory, which is driving the three planetary crises of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
But it is clear that it is also a great opportunity. I urge governments, businesses and individuals – particularly those with the largest climate footprint – to seize this opportunity to protect our climate and our nature for decades to come.
Edie says the assessment Ecuador Mobile Number List reveals that the emissions targets, taken together, will only put the world on track to produce 1% less greenhouse gases in 2030 than in 2010. By comparison, the reduction will need to be 25% to comply with the 2ºC trajectory of the Paris Agreement and 45% to achieve alignment with 1.5ºC .
What will cause the difference in degrees?
Many countries agree that the world should aim for 1.5ºC rather than 2ºC, following the IPCC's landmark 2018 report on the economic, social and environmental ramifications of both trajectories.
Governments and businesses warned that the half-degree difference would significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people. And the only way to reach 1.5ºC, the report clearly stated, was the complete net decarbonization of the world economy by 2050.
Emissions will only be reduced by 1% in this decade: UN
Among the countries that have updated their Paris Agreement NDCs in an effort to reach 1.5ºC are the United Kingdom, the EU, Argentina, Chile, Norway, Kenya and Ukraine. However, the UNFCCC has warned that updated NDCs from countries including Japan, South Korea, Russia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Australia are not robust enough. And this despite the new zero emissions goals of Japan and South Korea for 2020.
This report shows that current levels of climate ambition are far from putting us on a path to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
I call on all parties – even those who have tabled NDCs – to reflect on this and raise ambition. At the moment, it's like we're walking into a minefield blindfolded. What we need is much more radical and transformative than what we have now. We need concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels as soon as possible.
Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UNFCCC.
For his part, Alok Sharma, president of COP26, stated:
This report must serve as an urgent call to action and I call on all countries, especially major emitters, to present ambitious emissions reduction targets for 2030.
We must recognize that the window for action to safeguard our planet is rapidly closing.
Alok Sharma, President of COP26
Emissions will only be reduced by 1%: what does the report say about the emissions gap?
In December 2020, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) published its latest emissions gap report.
The report revealed that, under a business-as-usual scenario, the world is likely to warm by more than 3.2ºC than in pre-industrial times by the year 2100. While it mapped out a reduction in emissions in the face of lockdown restrictions, it warned that most governments still do not have adequate plans to block progress and accelerate decarbonization in the coming decades.
Emissions will only be reduced by 1% in this decade: UN
The pandemic is a warning that we must urgently change our destructive development trajectory, which is driving the three planetary crises of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
But it is clear that it is also a great opportunity. I urge governments, businesses and individuals – particularly those with the largest climate footprint – to seize this opportunity to protect our climate and our nature for decades to come.