A report by 270 climate scientists warns losses are set to grow much worse if measures to curb emissions from fossil fuel use worldwide are not dramatically stepped up
The lignite power plant complex of German energy supplier and utility RWE is reflected in a large puddle in Neurath, northwest of Cologne, Germany on February 5 2020. Picture: REUTERS/WOLFGANG RATTAY
“They have run out of water, they have run out of pasture, their livestock has died,” said Walter Mawere, of aid agency CARE, who recently visited a camp for displaced people in the Horn of Africa nation. A flagship report by 270 leading climate scientists on Monday warned such losses are already happening and are set to grow much worse if measures to curb emissions from fossil fuel use worldwide are not dramatically stepped up.
“Many humanitarian agencies are now really asking themselves the question: What needs to be done? ... How do we deal with that given the immense pressure already on our budgets?” The IPCC itself faced some opposition to including references to “losses and damages” in the report’s summary for policymakers, approved by 195 governments, with the United States reportedly pushing unsuccessfully to have them excluded.
Securing a higher profile for “loss and damage” within the IPCC works has been tough, he said, because the reports are based on existing studies, and scientific work on loss and damage is only now taking off. As climate-changing emissions continue to grow globally, “is it worth it for the lives we are losing daily?", she asked.
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