Posted on 09/10/2018 2:33:37 PM PDT by Ennis85
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that if the world doesn't change course by 2020, we run the risk of runaway climate change.
Mr Guterres said he was alarmed by the paralysis of world leaders on what he called the "defining issue" of our time.
He wants heads of government to come to New York for a special climate conference next September.
The call comes amid growing concerns over the slow pace of UN negotiations.
Mr Guterres painted a grim picture of the impacts of climate change that he says have been felt all over the world this year, with heatwaves, wildfires, storms and floods leaving a trail of destruction.
Corals are dying, he said, the oceans are becoming more acidic, and there are growing conflicts over dwindling resources.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are at their highest level in three million years.
Despite the fact that the world agreed on a plan to tackle climate change in Paris in 2015, Mr Guterres said the world is way off track to achieve the modest goals of the pact.
Despite the dire situation, the world could still tackle climate change effectively, he said. Saying it was too expensive to do so was "hogwash".
"For every dollar spent restoring degraded forests, as much as $30 can be recouped in economic benefits and poverty reduction," Mr Guterres said.
The world has the tools, and the ability. Renewables are cost-competitive with coal and oil, he said. By 2030, wind and solar could power more than a third of Europe.
But the lack of decisive political leadership was hampering everything, he said.
Calling for global leaders to meet with him at a special summit in New York in September next year, Mr Guterres argued this would give the world the push it
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What a Moron
Ping.
“Shut the window, honey. The climate is rushing inside.”
UN needs to move to North Pole.
That part might actually have a ring of truth to it. Forests owned by Boise-Cascade or Georgia Pacific tend to be far less degraded than government owned forests.
Baloney! 100% unadulterated horse apples.
By 2020. What a coincidence. Don’t worry, it’s not political.
Yeah, like those things have never happened before!....................
“...Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are at their highest level in three million years...”
He remembers when they took those readings....
why dont you libtards just kill yourselves to fertilize the earth?
Do these idiots think we've never been to Europe? Even sunny Italy ain't sunny in the winter.
LOL
Well the USA has done pretty good at cleaning up our country. You fellas just go ahead and do what you need to now and make sure to get China on board. We’ll be over here minding our own business.
Shouldn’t the UN be real busy fixing Syria?
Afghanistan?
Zimbabwe?
Venezuela?
North Korea?
etc?
Well, they neec to save the world by shutting down the UN and killing themselves.
Quick, send them more money and surrender our sovereignty. It’s our only hope, and it’s for the children!
Give me the money and I’ll fix it ... until I don’t, and then I’ll need more money. LOL
Also, CO2 data from 3 million years ago. Puhleeeeze.
Show’s over for these charlatans and they haven’t realized it yet.
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