Topic Reading-Vol.3990-3/28/2023

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‘The climate time-bomb is ticking’: The world is running out of time to avoid catastrophe, new UN report warns
The good news is the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels is still possible, according to the UN’s comprehensive assessment report of how the climate crisis is unfolding released on Mar 20. The problem is that the global production of planet-heating fossil fuels is still increasing faster than ever in the planet’s history. In fact, over 80% of the world’s energy and 75% of human-caused planet heating pollution are generated by burning fossil fuels. And in order to meet the growing energy needs, a number of large-scale oil, gas, and coal mining projects are underway in various parts of the world, including the US and China, the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters. As climate change impacts more on poorer, vulnerable countries which have done little to cause the problem, the world needs to take immediate and comprehensive action to stop global warming beyond elections, politics, shareholders, and the economy.
Read the article and learn about what this new UN report warns.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/20/world/ipcc-synthesis-report-climate-intl/index.html