Countries in the world only have a very fragile chance to save the Earth

The warning was made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in a report published October 8.

The temperature on Earth is likely to increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius from 2030 to 2052 if global warming continues at the same rate as today and countries do not apply measures that are urgent and unprecedented. to prevent this trend.

The warning was made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Committee (IPCC) in the report published on 8 October.

IPCC conducted a meeting last week in Incheon, South Korea, to finalize the report prepared by the governments' proposals made in 2015, when countries agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on gas change. post. This report is considered as an important scientific guide for policy makers of national governments in proposing measures to implement the Paris Agreement to keep the global average temperature rise within 1 , 5-2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.

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Earth's temperature will rise higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius from 2030 to 2052.

According to the report, an increase of 1.5 degrees C will still cause climate-related risks to nature and people. However, this risk is still lower than the risk due to the temperature increase of 2 degrees C.

The report said that in order to meet the 1.5 degree Celsius increase, governments should make rapid, extensive and unprecedented changes in land use and energy, in industry. , construction, transportation and city.

It is forecasted that, with the current warming rate, more than 1.5 degrees Celsius from 2030 to 2052 and the target agreed by the countries in the Paris Agreement to reduce the amount will not be enough to curb this increase if countries do not propose measures to reduce emissions more and more strongly after 2030.

In order to calm the temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius, the amount of human induced globally will need to decrease by about 45% by 2030 from the level of 2010 and reach "0" by the middle of the century. Meanwhile, renewable energy will need to account for 70-85% of electricity production by 2050 compared to the current 25%. The electricity produced from gas will need to be cut to 8% and electricity from coal will be 0-2%.

If the average temperature on Earth temporarily increases by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, countries will need additional carbon removal technology to bring the Earth's temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. According to the report, the effectiveness of climate change measures such as afforestation, bioenergy or CO 2 storage and storage has not been proven on a large scale and contains some risks.

Maintaining a temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius, instead of 2 degrees Celsius, will help the sea level to be 10cm lower by 2100, while the Arctic ice melting rate may slow and coral reefs. The coral can be destroyed 70-90% instead of completely destroyed.

Amjad Abdulla, a member of the IPCC, stressed that countries around the world only have a very fragile opportunity to avoid unforeseen damages to life-supporting climate on Earth.

Update 16 December 2018
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