“Our intention is really a message of hope, and not that of doomsday.’’
“We are not on the right track but it’s not too late,’’ said report co-author and water scientist Aditi Mukherji. “The choices and actions implemented in this decade will have impacts for thousands of years,” the report said, calling climate change “a threat to human well-being and planetary health.” science report approved Sunday concluded that to stay under the warming limit set in Paris the world needs to cut 60% of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, compared with 2019, adding a new target not previously mentioned in six previous reports issued since 2018. That date is key because nations soon have to come up with goals for pollution reduction by 2035, according to the Paris climate agreement.
He also called for them to stop using coal by 20, respectively, and ensure carbon-free electricity generation in the developed world by 2035, meaning no gas-fired power plants either. Stepping up his pleas for action on fossil fuels, Guterres called for rich countries to accelerate their target for achieving net zero emissions to as early as 2040, and developing nations to aim for 2050 - about a decade earlier than most current targets.
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