Your Thursday evening update from the Lancashire Post
View email online | | | | | Nov 11, 2021 | | | | | | Good evening, It’s becoming quite clear, as the end of the COP26 in Glasgow rapidly approaches tomorrow, that most want the results of tackling climate change - but few seem to have the appetite for the sacrifices, generosity or compromise needed to make any tangible difference. Under the Paris Agreement, countries pledged to take action to curb global temperature rises to “well below” 2C and pursue efforts to limit rises to 1.5C, beyond which the worst impacts of climate change will be felt. Scientists have warned that keeping temperature rises to 1.5C requires global emissions to be cut by 45% by 2030, and to zero overall by mid-century. But countries’ plans for this decade - which they were supposed to develop in the run-up to the Glasgow summit - leave the world facing rises of at least 2.4C. With Glasgow failing to close the gap, the pressure is now on countries to agree on a deal that will ensure they take mitigation action to cut emissions in the 2020s - but can they find a way? None of this is easy as we the human race have fallen into greedy ways of exploiting our environment, but this is the time for action. Let me know what you think, or if you would like to write a letter for our letters page email james.reader@jpimedia.co.uk Regards, Nicola | Nicola Adam | Associate Editor |
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