World on 'catastrophic' path to 2.7C warming: UN chiefA bombshell "code red" for humanity warned Earth's average temperature will reach 1.5C a decade earlier than projected only three years agoPARIS - A failure to slash global emissions is setting the world on a "catastrophic" path to 2.7 degrees Celsius heating, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Friday just weeks before crunch climate talks. This shows "the world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7-degrees of heating," Guterres said in a statement. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that emissions should be around 45 percent lower by 2030 compared with 2010 levels to meet the 1.5C goal. It warned that the target for 2020, which saw the world shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic, would be missed. "The fight against climate change will only succeed if everyone comes together to promote more ambition, more cooperation and more credibility," said Guterres.

Source: Bangkok Post September 17, 2021 14:48 UTC