The UN report on global warming must be relegated to history in order to reduce global warming. PM Boris Johnson describes the UN report as “sobering”
Johnson stated that there must be a shift to clean energy sources and climate finance for countries at the frontline.
The landmark study found it was “unequivocal” that human activity was responsible for global warming.
Labour demanded that the UK government act immediately, and said “enough delay.”
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN-group responsible for the science of climate change, reported that climate change is already occurring and could cause chaos in certain areas.
The authors stated that some of the changes, such as rising sea levels and other environmental changes, could not be reversed in hundreds of years or even thousands of years.
This publication is less than three months ahead of the UK hosting COP26 in Glasgow.
Johnson stated that Johnson’s statement was sobering and made it clear that the next ten years will be crucial to the survival of the planet.
“We know what we must do to limit global warming. We can consign coal to history, shift to renewable energy sources, preserve nature, and provide climate finance to countries at the frontline.”
The UK government, which has adopted a 2035 deadline for a 78{7a657f69ddfd62c7943f8c823de7e9cbec4dca2c41d743db19700e0cca7a3e87} emissions cut, is due to publish its strategy on cutting UK emissions to zero overall by 2050 this autumn.
Net zero is a reduction in carbon emissions to the greatest extent possible, then balance out any other releases by planting trees.
Prime Minister said that the UK was leading the charge in decarbonizing its economy faster than any other country in the G20 over two decades.
“I hope today’s IPCC report will serve as a wake-up call to the world before we meet in Glasgow, November for the crucial COP26 summit.”
According to the report, the world will reach or exceed 1.5C temperature rises over the next 20 years. This is considered a threshold above which the worst effects of global warming can be felt.
Nearly every country on Earth has signed the Paris climate agreement 2015 goals, which aims at keeping the global temperature rise well below 2C by the year 2025 and to continue efforts to keep it below 1.5C.
Alok Sharma, COP26 president said that the next decade will be “decisive”. He called for every government to “follow science and accept your responsibility to keep 1.5C alive.”
Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband stated that the report confirmed what was seen in recent weeks from the floods and fires around the globe – that “climate breakdown has already started”.
He stated that “climate denial is not the greatest threat we face now, but climate delay from the UK government,”
“COP26 is our last hope for a global breakthrough in limiting temperature rises to 1.5C. To the governments in the United States and around the globe, the message is clear: Stop talking. It’s too late. The time for action is now.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, said that she was writing to the prime minster to encourage greater cooperation between the devolved UK government governments. This is in light of the IPCC report which she called a “serious wake-up call”.
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP, urged governments to examine the “terrifying report” before they delay action.
She tweeted: “We’re seeing repercussions of decades of complacency and disregard for climate. The alarm bells are ringing and there is no excuse for inaction.
