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Mon Feb 28, 2022, 03:08 AM Feb 2022

Impact 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 IPCC

https://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 Russia’s 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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Impact of climate crisis much worse than predicted, says Alok Sharma (Original Post) Celerity Feb 2022 OP
Republicans only care about $$$$ not lives. live love laugh Feb 2022 #1
sorry to say, we're screwn... FirstLight Feb 2022 #2
And we still must do all we can. mahina Feb 2022 #3
The time to begin preparing for climate change was yesterday Kaleva Feb 2022 #4

FirstLight

(13,352 posts)
2. sorry to say, we're screwn...
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 03:14 AM
Feb 2022

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.
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 03:32 AM
Feb 2022

There are some great climate focused podcasts including Watt it Takes and The Energy Gang .

They will get you up to date. There’s a lot of technology I even didn’t 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 doesn’t mean it gives us a pass.

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