Humanity has to act fast if we want to make a real difference.
The predicted rise in global temperatures will bring an increase in severe weather events and climate fluctuations.
The goal of reducing the ongoing global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees C was agreed upon at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015. Every tenth of a degree above this limit will bring unpredictable consequences, increasing the severity of extreme weather events and climate fluctuations, researchers stress. threshold from being reached, concluded the new study, which is based on the analysis of 27 possible emission reductions scenarios. But all is not lost.
"Moving fast means hitting net-zero pledges sooner, decarbonizing faster, and striking more ambitious emissions targets," Gokul Iyer, a scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute and lead author of the paper, said in the statement."Every little bit helps, and you need a combination of all of it. But our results show that the most important thing is doing it early. Doing it now, really.
"The technologies that help us get to zero emissions include renewables, hydrogen, electric cars and so on. Of course those are important players," Iyer said."Another important piece of the puzzle is the technologies that can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, like direct air capture or nature-based solutions."
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