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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsImpact of climate crisis much worse than predicted, says Alok Sharma
Minister who led Cop26 climate talks issues stark warning on eve of landmark report from IPCChttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/28/impact-of-climate-crisis-much-worse-than-predicted-says-alok-sharma
The impacts of the climate crisis are proving much worse than predicted, and governments must act more urgently to adapt to them or face global disaster, the UK president of the UN climate talks has warned on the eve of a landmark new scientific assessment of the climate.
Alok Sharma, who led the Cop26 climate summit last year, said: The changes in the climate we are seeing today are affecting us much sooner and are greater than we originally thought. The impacts on our daily lives will be increasingly severe and stark. We will be doing ourselves and our populations a huge disservice if we fail to prepare now, based on the very clear science before us.
In a report to be published on Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is expected to show that droughts, floods and heatwaves will increase in frequency and intensity, with devastating consequences, and all parts of the globe will be affected.
Sharma also said climate talks must continue this year at international forums such as the G20, despite Russias invasion of Ukraine. Russia is a member of the G20, after being ejected from the G8 over its annexation of Crimea. Sharma said he spoke to his Russian counterpart some weeks ago before the current escalation, but they have not spoken since.
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Celerity
Feb 2022
OP
live love laugh
(13,009 posts)1. Republicans only care about $$$$ not lives.
FirstLight
(13,352 posts)2. sorry to say, we're screwn...
I've seen for YEARS that the projections have happened faster and sooner than
"they" said...
20100 becomes 2050...OOPS we meant 2025....
ya...screwn
sorry folks
mahina
(17,506 posts)3. And we still must do all we can.
There are some great climate focused podcasts including Watt it Takes and The Energy Gang .
They will get you up to date. Theres a lot of technology I even didnt know existed. Some of the podcasts have made me rethink things that I thought I knew, including carbon capture. . Just because we see the situation clearly doesnt mean it gives us a pass.
Kaleva
(36,147 posts)4. The time to begin preparing for climate change was yesterday