Global temperature rise expected to reach 3.1 degrees this century

UN have just revealed this in their latest gap report.

And worryingly temperatures rose in 22/23 more than in the whole decade before the pandemic with China, Vietnam, Indonesia and India in particular seeing emissions increase.

Also disappointing that COP16... Gathering of countries to improve biodiversity... Is getting virtually no coverage at all despite starting this week.

I just don't think mankind has the will to take decisions to save devastation. Just frightening.

 

But think of the shareholder profit....

 

Utterly selfish and short sighted.

 

No doubt some on here will blame our Board

 

Given their air mileage, there may be some merit in that!

 

It's frightening how many of the 8 Billion plus population of the planet actually have the power to influence this.

 

You’re absolutely correct. Every single person has the power to influence this.

 

We - the Human Race - are collectively pumping more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year, year in, year out. The must not cross limits have already been broken, it's too late now. I'd give the Earth less than a hundred years before it turns into Venus.

 

Global warming forgot about the UK this summer.

 

Yeah but there's a ulez in Sheffield now so we must be doing our bit...

 

It's not on the small island of the UK to save this planet. It needs to fall on China, Russia, USA and India. Until sanctions are placed on these countries, nothing will get any better I'm afraid.

 

China has already reached 'peak coal' and their emissions from coal are expected to start falling from next year, 5 years ahead of schedule. They do have a lot of coal output for sure, but then again, they are a rather large country.

Meanwhile, they are installing renewables at a rate faster than the rest of the world combined. The percentage of their grid output that is based on renewables is broadly the same as ours and is expected to rise rapidly.

 

The same scientist told us Doncaster by the sea by year 2000, it's still at Filey last time I was there.

 

If you're one of the 3.5 billion estimated to live in poverty it's probably not on your list priorities. Working out where next meal is coming from is likely a bigger challenge.

The level of international corporation needed to address this and the potential impacts it would take also mean I just can't see any meaningful changes being made.

As you say that's frightening and the world may well become a very different place.

 

No doubt some on here will blame brexit

 

They are responsible for 35% of global carbon emissions. So a small change for China could have a much bigger impact than large changes for by the UK for example.
Not saying we should ignore it just pointing out the magnitude of the situation.

 

Most modelling results forecast the breakdown of the Atlantic currents which will result in the UK getting colder.

 

You're absolutely right about poverty. But sadly, considerable amounts of climate and environmental destruction are from this group. Whether the people deforesting parts of Africa in the hope of digging a hole to find some form of precious mineral. Or the people of Indonesia burning rubbish or just throwing it in the rivers or sea, or the people of Brazil illegally cutting down or burning rainforest to then grow palm or eucalyptus. All for pennies to simply exist a bit longer. And there are many more examples.

Of course, I'm sure we'd largely do the same thing if in those positions. But it still impacts our world and its speeding up. We're losing wildlife, we're losing important areas of nature and habitat, we're burning fossil fuels, we're extracting more fossil fuels, we're still, incredibly, still subsidising fossil fuels.

And for the other billions on this spinning lump of rock, its all too easy to blame someone else and do little to nothing. We all have the power of vote. We all have the ability of choice, though granted, to varying degrees. If we leave it to everyone else, it most certainly will be too late... If its not already.

 

China uses more renewable energy than every other country on earth combined.