“Despite a wave of new climate pledges, the world remains on course for up to 2.5°C of warming this century, the UN said Tuesday, with scientists widely agreeing that exceeding 1.5°C of warming over pre-industrial levels risks catastrophic consequences.
Big polluters most responsible for the crisis have been urged to pledge faster and deeper emissions cuts to bend the curve back to 1.5C by the end of the century.
Global emissions grew 2.3 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, an increase driven by India followed by China, Russia and Indonesia.
Wealthy and powerful G20 economies accounted for three-quarters of global emissions and of the six largest polluters, the EU was the only one to cut greenhouse gases in 2024.”
rainbowroobear on
>climate-fighting plans
thing with plans, if no one actually follows them, they don’t do anything.
Guitarman0512 on
Oh no! What a huge surprise! It’s almost as if people haven’t been warning us about this for decades.
peternn2412 on
Wow!
I just can’t count how many such warnings I survived without a scratch.
nailbunny2000 on
Well at least we’ll finally see some concrete action now that the UN has weighed in.
OriginalCompetitive on
This is actually good news. Warming “up to 2.5 degrees” is actually a very manageable limit, and rules out virtually all of the worst-case scenarios that were in play just a few years ago. That’s very substantial progress. I don’t understand why all news reporting on the climate must be framed as catastrophically bad, even when the news is good.
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“Despite a wave of new climate pledges, the world remains on course for up to 2.5°C of warming this century, the UN said Tuesday, with scientists widely agreeing that exceeding 1.5°C of warming over pre-industrial levels risks catastrophic consequences.
Big polluters most responsible for the crisis have been urged to pledge faster and deeper emissions cuts to bend the curve back to 1.5C by the end of the century.
Global emissions grew 2.3 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, an increase driven by India followed by China, Russia and Indonesia.
Wealthy and powerful G20 economies accounted for three-quarters of global emissions and of the six largest polluters, the EU was the only one to cut greenhouse gases in 2024.”
>climate-fighting plans
thing with plans, if no one actually follows them, they don’t do anything.
Oh no! What a huge surprise! It’s almost as if people haven’t been warning us about this for decades.
Wow!
I just can’t count how many such warnings I survived without a scratch.
Well at least we’ll finally see some concrete action now that the UN has weighed in.
This is actually good news. Warming “up to 2.5 degrees” is actually a very manageable limit, and rules out virtually all of the worst-case scenarios that were in play just a few years ago. That’s very substantial progress. I don’t understand why all news reporting on the climate must be framed as catastrophically bad, even when the news is good.