Paris deal won't stop global warming
The sixth Global Environent Outlook (GEO6) report warns policy makers that current nationally determined contributions (NDC) under Paris Agreement, 2015 are just a third of the mitigation required to keep global temperatures below two degrees over pre-industrial levels.
Last year, a pecial report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that an increase of 1.5 degrees over pre-industrial levels would mean heat waves, heavy rainfall, extreme weather conditions, water shortage, reduced farm output, coral bleaching and sea level rise. With a two-degrees rise, these risks would increase substantially. At the current pace of rise, the temperature target of 1.5 degrees is likely to be crossed between 2030 and 2052.
To arrest the temperature rise well below two degrees, emissions need to drop between 40% and 70% globally between 2010 and 2050, falling to net zero by 2070, according to GEO6 report.
The report examines how global environment degradation has led to irreversible impacts on atmosphere, land, oceans, and biodiversity and these, in turn, have "very high impact" on the health of people.
According to it, the world's population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 with 66% of the population living in urban centres by 2050.
To prevent these problems, India needs to urgently address the land degradation agrarian crisis.
Last year, a pecial report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that an increase of 1.5 degrees over pre-industrial levels would mean heat waves, heavy rainfall, extreme weather conditions, water shortage, reduced farm output, coral bleaching and sea level rise. With a two-degrees rise, these risks would increase substantially. At the current pace of rise, the temperature target of 1.5 degrees is likely to be crossed between 2030 and 2052.
To arrest the temperature rise well below two degrees, emissions need to drop between 40% and 70% globally between 2010 and 2050, falling to net zero by 2070, according to GEO6 report.
The report examines how global environment degradation has led to irreversible impacts on atmosphere, land, oceans, and biodiversity and these, in turn, have "very high impact" on the health of people.
According to it, the world's population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 with 66% of the population living in urban centres by 2050.
To prevent these problems, India needs to urgently address the land degradation agrarian crisis.
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