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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You mean that massive looting of the American economy that the world agreed upon?
Good thing we dodged that bullet.
Solar would be better used in sunny places like Africa and the Caribbean rather than in often cloud covered European areas.
We're smart, we'll adapt.
Guterres propping up the lie. AGW is nothing but a massive money/power grab. A perfect vehicle for the extortionists at worthless U.N.
They said that 20 years ago...What is this....Repeat as necessary??
Wouldn’t it be fun, interesting and satisfying to look at how large the bank accounts of those idiots at the UN grow in proportion to their scare tactics?
A big, big meeting of WORLD LEADERS a year from now (2019) will no doubt solve the problem that he sees as so critical by 2020.
“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.”
The word ‘unrealistic’ comes to mind.
Irrelevant Hoggwash!
CO2 Nears 400 ppm – Relax! It’s Not Global Warming ‘End Times’ — But Only A ‘Big Yawn’ — Climate Depot Special ReportRenowned Climatologist: ‘You can go outside and spit and have the same effect as doubling carbon dioxide’
'Scientists note that geologically speaking, the Earth is currently in a 'CO2 famine' and that the geologic record reveals that ice ages have occurred when CO2 was at 2000 ppm to as high as 8000 ppm. In addition, peer-reviewed studies have documented that there have been temperatures similar to the present day on Earth when carbon dioxide was up to twenty times higher than today’s levels'
(full article at link)
Give the UN more money. My Swiss account isn’t fat enough yet.
They’re going to have to start being right on some of their predictions for me to believe.
Back in the 70s, they said that by 1985, we would be out of oil, famines would kill hundreds of millions of people per year, and air pollution would reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface by 50%.
We’ve had a few volcanos go off. They spew what??
Climate Change is moving slower than Al Gore’s complaints.
According to statements made by Al Gore, all our coastal cities were supposed to be inundated by seawater a decade ago. Last time I looked, the cities are doing fine. When Manhattan is under water then I might think about listening to this garbage.
The UN is jammed full of retards who think they are entitled to control the world. They’d run a lemonade stand into the ground in under 24 hours.
>>Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are at their highest level in three million years.
3M years isn’t much for a 5B year old planet.
Obviously, Mutha Erf can handle some more CO2.
Only the BBC, WP and NYT would be foolish enough to print this nonsense.
They are not even hiding the smell of Propaganda.
If he doesn’t understand a Maunder Minimum then he needs to shut up
They won’t dare make a personal contribution to the cause, because they need to be around to run things.
Similar thing, different topic, happened well over a decade Ann Coulter appeared at a local university. A white effeminate male attacked her position on affirmative action. She asked him point blank ... as a white male and believer in affirmative action, why don’t you give up your seat at this school to a lesser qualified, potential affirmative action student. He responded (to cheers of the crowd) that he needed to be in this position to help ensure that affirmative action was carried out. She took him apart to the cheers of another group of students.
See my tagline, ... it is made for leftists and their power grab via climate whatever.
“...the world is way off track to achieve the modest goals of the pact...”
Seems like the those committed to the plan need to lead by tripling down on their commitment and stop trading with anyone who isn’t in their Red Hen club.
Hey, Tony: ESAD. And get the hell off American soil. Immediately. Permanently.
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