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"Next month marks the tenth anniversary of the
Paris Agreement, hailed as
humanity’s best shot at keeping climate change under control. Between then and
now, the world has changed dramatically.
Emissions last year hit new highs, as did global temperatures. Wars rage in
several countries. Right-wing populism in Western nations has spurred a green
backlash.
This is the year countries must submit their climate plans for 2035. The
Paris
Agreement requires each country’s five-yearly plan – known as its “nationally
determined contribution” (NDC) – to reflect the “highest possible ambition”.
Each plan must go beyond the previous one.
The latest round of plans trickled in slowly after most nations missed the
February 2025 deadline. The latest summary of the plans of 113 countries
estimates global emissions will fall around 12% below 2019 levels by 2035.
But this won’t be remotely fast enough to hold warming to 1.5°C. Scientists
warn emissions would have to fall at least 55% to make this possible, and rich
countries would have to go even faster.
With political headwinds and slow progress, small wonder expectations are low
for this year’s global climate talks, which have now begun in Belém, Brazil."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
