Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ lêtist IPCĆ rport: a fast trac t clîṃt dzastr
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Monday 4 April 2022)
Guvnmnts hv hiɖrtu bn far tù hezitnt t tec on vstd inṭrests n r ol tù redi t pṛtct historic invstmnts in fosil fylz
Munde 4 Epril 2022
Ɖ cntinyd hītñ v ɖ planit mīnz ɖt ɖs yir wl probbli b wn v ɖs snć̣ri’z cūlist. Az ɖ lêtist rport bî ɖ Inṭguvnmntl Panl on Clîṃtćenj (IPCĆ) mcs clir, cuṛnt clîṃtplejz bî guvnmnts wd nt cīp globl hītñ t 1.5C abv priindustrịl levlz – ɖ targit promist in ɖ 2015 Paris agrīmnt. Instd grīnhǎs-gas imiśnz r rîzñ. Jrñ ɖ past deced, on aṿrij ańli ɖe wr at ɖer hîist levlz in hymn hisṭri.
Ɖ wrld z on a paʈwe t tmpṛćr incrisz v mor ɖn 3C in ɖ cmñ decedz. Ɖs wd mc larj parts v ɖ wrld tù hot t wrc in. Svir harvist fełrz wl bcm comn. Dis’pirñ îscaps wd sbmrj mejr sitiz. Guvnmnts hv hiɖrtu bn far tù hezitnt t tec on vstd inṭrests n r ol tù redi t pṛtct historic invstmnts in fosil fylz.
Ɖs canot g on. António Guterres, ɖ YN secṛtri jenṛl, wz rît t se ɖt ɖ wrld “wz on a fast trac t clîṃt dzastr”. Neśnz n corṗreśnz, h candidli sd, r nt jst trnñ a blînd î t a planitri dzastr bt adñ fyl t ɖ flemz. Ɖr z vri litl tîm left t implimnt poḷsiz ɖt pṛmot ɖ nīdd grīnr lîfstîl ćôsz n ćīpr rnywbl s’luśnz ɖt wd jeṇret jobz, eṇjis’kṛti n prîștbiḷti.
T aćiv 1.5C, ɖ wrld mst rdys ańl CO2 imiśnz bî abt 50% bî 2030, n rīć net ziro bî 2050, ẃl rdysñ mīʈen imiśnz a ʈrd bî 2030 n olmst hāvñ ɖm bî 2050. Ɖs wl nīd dīp cuts in fosil-fyl ys. Ɖ IPCĆ sz ɖ ces z unansṛbl fr wîdspred ilectrificeśn – ispeṣ́li crūśl fr ineḅlñ ɖ dīcarḅnîześn v rodtransport, inḍstri, mînñ n mańfacćrñ – pǎrd bî rnywbl sorsz. Ɖ YN’z sayntists argy ɖt eṇji ifiśnsi n consveśn r sntṛl t aćivñ a grīnr, sefr fyćr.
Ɖr r sm s’xeștoriz: at līst 18 cuntriz hv sstend pṛdux́n-best grīnhǎs gas n cnsumśn-best carbndîoxîd-imiśn rdux́nz fr longr ɖn a deced. Mć v ɖ carbn dîoxîd olrdi in ɖ atṃsfir wz rlist bî rić cuntriz ɖt brnd col, ôl n gas t industrịlîz mor ɖn a snć̣ri ago. Ɖ YN panl sd abt 40% v imiśnz sins ɖen cem fṛm Yṛp n Norʈ America. Onli abt 12% cn b atribytd t īst Eźa, includñ Ćîna.
It z in ɖ wlʈiist 10% v hǎsholdz, ẃć cntribyt btwn a ʈrd n 45% v clîṃt-ćenjñ fymz, ẃr ćenj wl hv t hapn fastist. Ɖr r sm qc poḷsiwinz. Betr cropmanijmnt hz an imīɉt pêbac. Solr eṇji n wind eṇji impruv fastr n r adoptd qcr ɖn ńclir or carbncapćr tecnoḷjiz. Dayts hî in plant protīn n lo in mìt n dẹri r asośietd wɖ lowr grīnhǎs-gas imiśnz n r incrisñli popylr.
It z lîcli ɖt globl tmpṛćrz wl “oṿśūt” ɖ 1.5C plejd bî ɖ Paris agrīmnt. Īvn undr wn v ɖ līst bad s’nārioz, ɖ IPCĆ sz ɖt tmprṛli xidñ ɖs limit bî a tîni 0.2C bfr dropñ bac dǎn t abt 1.4C bî ɖ snć̣ri’z end cd stl unlīś irivrsbl impacts sć az ded coṛl rīfs. Ɖ pandemic wz an oṗtyṇti t mc ɖ rapid śift rqîrd awe fṛm fosil fylz n wz míst bî most guvnmnts. Ruśa’z imoṛl wor in Ycren ofrz anɖr ćans fr neśnz cnsrnd abt ovŗlayns on hîdrocarbnz t d ɖ rît ʈñ.
