Weaker climate consensus, elevated climate change – especially in PHBy DAN STEINBOCKhome/Opinion/Op-Ed Columns/Weaker climate consensus, elevated climate change – especially in PHAs the UN climate conference concluded with the expected dissension, efforts to contain global climate change are weakening at the worst historical moment. AS representatives from more than 100 countries debated climate change in the COP24 — the 24th UN climate change conference — held in Katowice, Poland, the outcome could only be divisive. Based on the UN convention on climate change, it focuses on greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in 2020. A few powerful lobbying groups, energy giants and billionaires effectively hijacked the fight against climate change, which most Americans and US cities support. Regarding future climate change, the new Global Climate Risk Index can serve as a red flag for already existing vulnerability that may further increase in regions where extreme events will become more frequent or more severe due to climate change.

Source: Manila Times December 16, 2018 20:26 UTC