Wrld fesñ ‘heliś’ 3°S v clîṃthītñ, YN wornz bfr Cop28
Transcription of a Guardian article of 20 November 2023
‘W mst start setñ recordz on cutñ imiśnz,’ YN bos sz aftr tmpṛćŗecordz obliṭretd in 2023
Munde, 20 Nvmbr 2023
Ɖ wrld z on trac fr a “heliś” 3°S v globl hītñ, ɖ YN hz wornd bfr ɖ crūśl Cop28 clîṃtsumit ɖt bginz nxt wīc in ɖ Ynîtd Aṛb Emiṛts.
Ɖ rport faund ɖt tde’z carbncutñ poḷsiz r so inadiqt ɖt 3°S v hītñ wd b rīćt ɖs snć̣ri.
Tmpṛćŗecordz hv olrdi bn obliṭretd in 2023 n intnṣfayñ hītwevz, fludz n drǎts hv tecn lîvz n hit lîvlihdz acrs ɖ glob, in rspons t a tmpṛćŗîz v jst 1.4°S t det. Sayntists se far wrs z t cm f ɖ hīt cntinyz t rîz n ɖ secṛtri jenṛl v ɖ YN, António Guterres, hz rpitidli sd ɖ wrld z hedñ fr a “heliś” fyćr.
Ɖ YN Invîrnmntprogram (Ynip) rport sd ɖt impḷmentñ fyćr poḷsiz olrdi promist bî cuntriz wd śev 0.1°S of ɖ 3°S limit. Ptñ in ples imiśnzcuts plejd bî dveḷpñ cuntriz on cndiśn v rsivñ fînanśl n tecnicl s’port wd cut ɖ tmpṛćŗîz t 2.0°S, stl a caṭstrofic s’nario.
T gt on trac fr ɖ inṭnaśṇli agrìd targit v 1.0°S, 22bn tunz v CO2 mst b cut fṛm ɖ cuṛntli pṛjctd totl in 2030, ɖ rport sd. Ɖt z 42% v globl imiśnz n iqivḷnt t ɖ ǎtpt v ɖ wrld’z fîv wrst p’lūtrz tde: Ćîna, YS, India, Ruśa n Jpan.
Inger Andersen, ɖ Ynip xektiv d’rectr, sd: “Ɖr z no prsn or icoṇmi left on ɖ planit untućt bî clîṃtćenj, so w nīd t stop setñ unwontd recordz on imiśnz, tmpṛćr n xtrim weɖr. W mst instd lift ɖ nīdl ǎt v ɖ sem old grūv v inṣfiśnt ax́n, n start setñ uɖr recordz: on cutñ imiśnz n on clîṃtfînans.”
Ɖ YN wornd rlịr in Nvmbr ɖt ɖ wrld’z fosilfyl pṛdysrz r planñ xpanśnz ɖt wd blo ɖ planit’s carbnbujit twîs ovr, ẃć xprts cōld “insaṇti”. Anɖr rīsnt rport faund ɖt ɖ stet ôlcumṗni v ɖ Ynîtd Aṛb Emiṛts, huz ĆXO, Sultn Al Jabr, wl prizîd ovr Cop28, hz ɖ larjist net-ziro-bustñ xpanśnplanz v eni cumṗni in ɖ wrld.
Ɖ ny Ynip rport sd ɖt f ol ɖ loñ-trm plejz bî cuntriz t cut imiśnz t net ziro bî abt 2050 wr aćivd, ɖen ɖ globl tmpṛćŗîz cd b liṃtd t 2°S. Hvr, it cncludd ɖt ɖz net-ziro plejz “r nt cuṛntli cnsidrd creḍbl”. Nn v ɖ G20 cuntriz, ẃć tgɖr pṛdys 80% v CO2, r rdysñ imiśnz at a pes cnsistnt wɖ ɖer net-ziro targits, it sd.
Anɖr rport, fṛm YN Clîṃtćenj, publiśt on 14 Nvmbr, rīćt vrć̣li ɖ sem cncluźn az ɖ Ynip rport. It faund ɖt xistñ naśnl plejz t cut imiśnz wd mīn globl imiśnz in 2030 wr 2% b’lo 2019 levlz, rɖr ɖn ɖ 43% cut rqîrd t limit globl hītñ t 1.0°S.
“Guvnmnts r tecñ bebisteps t avrt ɖ clîṃtcrîsis – ɖe [mst] mc bold strîdz fwd at Cop28 in Dbai t gt on trac,” sd Sîmn Stiell, ɖ xektiv secṛtri v YN Clîṃtćenj.
