UN Demands Immediate Reduction of Climate Crisis Gases: “It Is or Never Will Be”

The scientific message is clear: unless greenhouse gas emissions are drastically reduced, it is impossible to contain the global warming that is changing the climate. “Rapid, deep, even immediate decline,” the UN Scientific Panel (IPCC) called for in its latest report.

The calculations shown in this global assessment of climate change mitigation are not false. Retaining the Earth’s additional heat at 1.5ºC physically implies that CO2 emissions will be reduced by 2025 at the latest and halved by 2030. “Temperature stabilization requires zero emissions by 2050,” say IPCC scientists. The difference in damage caused by stopping heating at 2ºC instead of 1.5 is very significant. This means recognizing too many irreversible impacts on health, safety and ecosystems.

The thing is, numbers do not fit. On the one hand, the average annual rate of greenhouse gas emissions in 2010-2019 was at a maximum, so the accumulation in the atmosphere has not stopped growing. On the other hand, the current policy of countries, which is far from limiting global warming to 1.5ºC or at least 2ºC at the end of the century, predicts an increase in emissions after 2025 and, consequently, “global warming will go to 3.2ºC”.

Now or never. Without this reduction it will be impossible in all sectors involved

Jim Skea, co-director of the investigation

“Now or never. It will be impossible in all sectors involved without this reduction,” said Jim Ski, co-director of the investigation, who emphasized that climate change was “the result of unsustainable use of energy and land for more than a century.”

Future warming depends on the present

This is now or never, because the peak of warming that the earth will experience in the coming decades is directly dependent on the accumulation of greenhouse gases that are currently caused by human activities. The CO2 that is now emitted – which has been active for hundreds of years – is added to the emissions from the late 19th century, to which, for example, methane is added to thicken the gaseous crust that retains heat. Planet.

The report emphasizes that reducing emissions, abandoning fossil fuels and shifting to clean energy sources are “the only real option to prevent uncertain climate change,” analyzes the Climate Action Network, which brings together 1,500 organizations from all.

“Achieving and maintaining net zero emissions will lead to a reduction in warming after the peak,” the researchers said. But, at the same time, it has been shown that the accumulation of emissions that will follow the existing and planned fossil fuel infrastructure exceeds what is possible to limit warming to 1.5ºC.

Again, the accounts do not come out and where to reduce it?

Energy: Removal of oil, gas and coal

To achieve the goal of limiting additional warming to 1.5ºC or 2ºC, all possible formulas are passed to eliminate a large portion of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal from electricity generation. “All models involve moving from this fuel to renewable sources or those that have carbon capture systems,” the report said.

The trapping system is a strategy used by fossil fuel manufacturers who claim that they can contain CO2 emissions and prevent them from accumulating in the atmosphere. To make this work, they will need 90% of thermal power plant emissions and 50-80% of methane leaks, the report said.

In this regard, the IPCC clarifies that the costs of generating electricity from renewable sources have been steadily declining since 2010. The cost of one megawatt of solar energy fell by 85% and wind energy by 55%, indicating work.

Industry: A different way of producing and consuming

Net zero emissions in the industry are “a challenge, but they can be achieved,” says the IPCC. Links where it is possible to produce it by emitting less greenhouse gases are multiple. The first and most intuitive is that the electricity used in factories comes from renewable sources. The rise in energy prices, which led to a rise in gas prices (before and after the Ukraine war), has revealed the consequences of dependence on these fossil fuels and its impact on the price of electricity.

It also points to the circular economy of materials in order not to maintain the dynamics of extraction, use and waste, leading to CO2 emissions in the long run.

We are at a crossroads. A viable future depends on the decisions we make now

Hoesung Lee, Head of IPCC

“In fact, what the report confirms is that with the current economic system, we can not avoid a climate crisis,” they said at Friends of the Earth. And they explain that in the work of the IPCC it is impossible to find models that do not exceed 1.5ºC degrees. “Either there is a change in the system or it will be impossible to resolve the crisis.

Cities: Transport and build without so much radiation

“The functioning of cities is a Factory Of CO2. This can be reduced, to begin with, by changing to more efficient urban transport models: clean-source electric vehicles are the ones that offer the most opportunities. The IPCC recognizes that sustainable biofuels and other products such as hydrogen can be used to address aviation, maritime and heavy road transport gases.

As for construction, there is a wide scale: buildings, both existing and built, must be designed so as not to emit CO2 emissions. Use renewable electricity, avoid leaks and make sure they require less energy.

IPCC scientists claim that “the evidence is crystal clear.” “It is time to act now and emissions could be halved by 2030. “We are at a crossroads,” said Hossung Lee, head of the IPCC. “Achieving a vital future depends on the decisions we make now.”