By Aart Bos
MasterPeace Leadership
The Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2015 formulated 3 practical goals to combat climate change and its impacts.
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To limit global warming increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This is to prevent the most severe impacts of climate change, such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and biodiversity loss;
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To reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
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To promote sustainable development to ensure that efforts to address climate change are integrated with broader sustainable development goals, such as reducing poverty, improving access to clean energy, and protecting ecosystems.
As the world faces increasing impacts of climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report in 2022, which highlights the key findings and consequences of global warming. Here are the main takeaways from the report:
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The climate is changing at an unprecedented rate: The report confirms that human activities are causing climate change, and the evidence is clearer than ever before. The earth has already warmed by 1.1 degrees Celsius, and this warming is projected to continue in the coming decades, regardless of mitigation efforts.
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Impacts of climate change are intensifying: The report highlights that the impacts of climate change are already being felt around the world, including more frequent and severe heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires. These events are leading to significant economic and social consequences, including damage to infrastructure, displacement of people, and loss of biodiversity.
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Urgent action is needed to limit global warming: The report stresses the importance of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and ideally to 1.5 degrees Celsius, to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.
Governments, business and civil society need to act and align agenda’s and objectives
