That will be the key message in a new report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to be released Sunday. The report is to be a scientific blueprint for how the world can meet its climate change targets. Based on that, it estimated Friday that at 1.5 C of warming, global sea levels will rise an average of 48 cm — but at 2 C that goes to 56 cm. Many of the countries adding coal power are doing so to bring electricity to people who don’t have access to secure power sources now. Coal is considered the dirtiest source of power, with greenhouse gas emissions nearly twice that of natural gas.

Source: thestar October 07, 2018 17:48 UTC