A few days before the start of the COP29 climate conference, the UN concluded that the world is far from adapting to “climate catastrophes.
Reported by UNN with reference to The Guardian.
On the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), the UN Secretary-General acknowledged that the world is still underestimating the risk of catastrophic climate change and ecosystem destruction.
Global efforts to adapt to climate change - from building dams to planting drought-resistant crops - are not keeping pace with global warming.
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According to the WMO, in 2024 , global temperatures may exceed the 1.5°C limit from pre-industrial levels.
So far, humanity is approaching potentially irreversible tipping points, such as the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the Greenland ice sheet.
The question is not whether 1.5 degrees is possible or not. The question is whether or not there will be the political will to do so. Let's be honest, there hasn't been any such political will so far. So either the political will will appear to make it possible, or it will be lost
Speaking to the Guardian, the UN Secretary-General said that a second US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement under the new presidency of Donald Trump could undermine the process, but assured that the agreement would survive.