UN Report Highlights Catastrophic Failure of Global Climate Efforts
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UN Report Highlights Catastrophic Failure of Global Climate Efforts
UN Report Highlights, Catastrophic Failure , of Global Climate Efforts.
According to a major United Nations report, the world's
governments have failed to cut greenhouse gas emissions
enough to stave off a potential climate disaster.
In order to meet the goals set forth in the Paris agreement, the report states that it will require , "phasing out all unabated fossil fuels.".
'The Guardian' reports that the U.N.
Warned of a
"rapidly narrowing window" for action to be taken, as global emissions are predicted to peak in 2025 at the latest.
The agency warns that from that peak,
levels need to be rapidly reduced
in order to limit increasing global temperatures.
'The Guardian' reports that there is currently 20 to 23
gigatons of necessary CO2 cuts that need to be made
by 2030 in order to alter the world's grim trajectory.
The U.N.
Report fails to detail which countries are currently
lagging behind, nor does it offer recommendations
directed at specific regions of the world.
According to some critics, the report's use of broad
ideas and general terms poorly masks the world's
catastrophic failure to make necessary changes.
The U.N.’s polite prose glosses over
what is a truly damning report
card for global climate efforts, Ani Dasgupta, Head of the World Resources
Institute thinktank, via 'The Guardian'.
Carbon emissions?
Still climbing.
Rich countries’
finance commitments?
Delinquent.
Adaptation
support?
Lagging woefully behind.
This report is
a wake-up call to the injustice of the climate crisis,
and a pivotal opportunity to correct course, Ani Dasgupta, Head of the World Resources
Institute thinktank, via 'The Guardian'.
'The Guardian' reports that a U.N.
Push to phase out fossil fuels
has been prevented by rich oil-producing nations for years,
despite being a prime cause of the climate crisis
UN Warns Global , Wildlife Crime , Driving Global Extinctions.
'The Guardian' reports that over
4,000 species from around the world
are the targets of wildlife traffickers. .
According to a United Nations report,
this causes "untold harm upon nature.".
The report found that 40% of all
the animals targeted are on the red list
of threatened or nearly threatened species.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report
found that the trade, driven by demand for medicine,
pets and trophies, is active in over 80% of countries.
Despite gaps in knowledge
about the full extent of wildlife
trafficking and associated crime,
there is sufficient evidence to
conclude that this remains
a significant global problem
far from being resolved, UNODC report, via 'The Guardian'.
Despite gaps in knowledge
about the full extent of wildlife
trafficking and associated crime,
there is sufficient evidence to
conclude that this remains
a significant global problem
far from being resolved, UNODC report, via 'The Guardian'.
According to the report, the largest
number of individual seizures involved
corals, large reptiles and elephants.
According to the report, the largest
number of individual seizures involved
corals, large reptiles and elephants.
According to the report, the largest
number of individual seizures involved
corals, large reptiles and elephants.
Wildlife trade was found to be the driving
factor in both local and global extinctions,
including rare orchids, reptiles and fish.
Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm
upon nature, and it also jeopardizes
livelihoods, public health, good
governance and our planet’s
ability to fight climate change, Ghada Waly, Executive director of UNODC, via 'The Guardian'.
Researchers warn that wildlife crime is often
linked to organized crime, with corruption playing a critical role in impeding efforts to stop trafficking. .
'The Guardian' reports that this corruption can
take the form of bribes paid to inspectors and
government officials in exchange for fake permits.
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Global Deforestation Increased, 3.2% in 2023 Despite , Tropical Forest Loss Decreasing .
Fox News reports that the global loss of primary
forests in the world's tropics declined slightly
in 2023 compared to the year before.
According to Global Forest Watch researchers, the world
lost about 14,000 square miles of tropical primary forest,
sometimes referred to as old-growth forests, in 2023.
Global Forest Watch (GFW) director Mikaela Weisse
warns that declining losses in Colombia and Brazil
were mostly offset by increased losses in other places.
The world took
two steps forward,
two steps back, Mikaela Weisse, Global Forest Watch
(GFW) director, via Fox News.
Fox News reports that scientists consider
tropical primary forests to be treasure troves
of biodiversity, with the Amazon rainforest home
to an estimated 10% of Earth's known species.
According to Weisse, tropical primary forest losses in
2023 caused greenhouse gas emissions equal to half
of the United States' annual fossil fuel emissions.
According to Weisse, tropical primary forest losses in
2023 caused greenhouse gas emissions equal to half
of the United States' annual fossil fuel emissions.
The GFW found that Brazil, the Democratic Republic
of Congo and Bolivia topped the list of tropical
nations with the most primary forest losses. .
Despite remaining on top of the list, forest loss in
Brazil fell 36% as a result of President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva's aggressive conservation policies. .
At the same time, Colombia experienced
a 49% decline in forest loss amid President
Gustavo Petro's environmental preservation efforts.
Overall, beyond just tropical primary forest loss, , global deforestation , rose 3.2% in 2023.
We are far off track and
trending in the wrong direction
when it comes to reducing
global deforestation, Rod Taylor, World Resources Institute
forests director, via Fox News
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Scientists Warn Humans Are, Pushing Earth Outside , 'Safe Operating Space'.
According to scientists, several key indicators of
planetary health show that human actions
have pushed Earth into a..
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