UN chief warns of ‘total disaster’ if global warming not stopped

New York Post ^ | May 9, 2019 | by Associated Press

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The United Nations secretary-general said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming to a level scientists call nearly impossible.

That’s because the alternative “would mean a catastrophic situation for the whole world,” António Guterres told the Associated Press in an exclusive interview.

That means, he said, the world has to change, not in small incremental ways but in big “transformative” ways, into a green economy with electric vehicles and “clean cities.”

Guterres said he will ask leaders to stop subsidizing fossil fuels. Burning coal, oil and gas triggers warming by releasing heat-trapping gases.

He said he wants countries to build no new coal power plants after 2020. He wants them to put a price on the use of carbon. And ultimately he wants to make sure that by 2050, the world is no longer putting more greenhouse gases into the air than nature sucks out.

In 2015, the world’s nations set a goal to limit global warming to no more than 0.9 degrees from now. Most scientists say it is highly unlikely, if not outright undoable, to keep man-made climate change that low, especially since emissions of heat-trapping gases are rising, renewable energy growth is plateauing and some countries’ leaders and voters are balking.

A panel of scientists the UN asked to look at the issue ran computer models for more than 500 future scenarios and less than 2 percent achieved those warming limits.

Guterres said the wholesale economic changes needed to keep the temperature from rising another degree or more may be painful, but there will be more pain if the world fails.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[1Old Pro]

Given the ice melt will flood NYC, wouldn’t it be smart to move the U.N. to the Himalayas?

[lgjhn23]

They’re after the trillions in tax dollars that the hoax will bring in.

[rjsimmon]

Given the ice melt will flood NYC, wouldn’t it be smart to move the U.N. to the Himalayas?

Just so long as it is no longer in the US.

[guardian_of_liberty]

Good luck getting China and India to comply.

[Westbrook]

It’s a lot like the democrats.

The more their alarmist calls go ignored, the more shrill and strident they become.

As they become less credible with each passing day, don’t the alarmists realize that it only causes people to tune them out all the more?

[BBQToadRibs]

According to AOC, we still have 11.5 years left. We got time.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Well you cowards, get after the countries that cause it.

[chris37]

Good.

Can’t wait.

Maybe Hollywood will make a movie about it starring The Roid Johnson and Ahnold that I won’t see.

[Leaning Right]

[Rebelbase]

The “We’re all gonna die meme” is getting boring. Can’t they find something new to threaten us with?

[Candor7]

Der Sky iz Fallink ! Take Covers!

[The Great RJ]

These was a foot of snow in northern Minnesota yesterday and darn near freezing last night in the rest of the state. Where the heck is our global warming?

[TheCipher]

That means, he said, the world has to change, not in small incremental ways but in big “transformative” ways, into a green economy with electric vehicles and “clean cities.”Guterres said he will ask leaders to stop subsidizing fossil fuels. Burning coal, oil and gas triggers warming by releasing heat-trapping gases.

Well, we had better start funding research into making "green" volcanos since those spew more in one minor eruption than man has put into the atmosphere since the dawn of mankind. Wait, I have an idea. Let's take all the money used to fund the UN and put it towards this reasearch. I am sure Guterres will be on board with this ( /sarc )

[hal ogen]

I am warning of "total disaster" if the UN is not kicked out of the USA immediately and if this UN chief isn't tossed immediately back to his sh**hole country of origin.

[ChildOfThe60s]

50 years of impending doom in 10 years.

And the solution is one world government, slavery, and a carbon-based life-form somehow giving up carbon.

[Grampa Dave]

"They’re after the trillions in tax dollars that the hoax will bring in."

Thanks to Hot Hunt for the realities versus the end of humans due to Gorebull Warming BS Predictions.

[eyeamok]

Hey President Trump, this is your cue to SHUT OFF Electricity and Gas to the UN Building, so they can live up to their rhetoric!!!

[Fireone]

Ice in the bird bath this morning.
The U.N. is the disaster!

[mjp]

That means, he said, the world has to change, not in small incremental ways but in big “transformative” ways, into a green economy with electric vehicles and “clean cities.”

boys and girls, can you say SOCIALISM?