Thursday 10 November 2022

COP27 Egypt - as the climate changes the need for action becomes more urgent

As the 27th Council of the Parties (COP27) of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change") is well underway in Egypt, the warnings on the need for immediate action could not be starker. 

As the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, stated in his High Level Opening Address -

"We are in the fight of our lives.
And we are losing.
Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing.
Global temperatures keep rising.
And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible.
We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator"

Projections from the IPCC now show that temperatures will exceed 1.5C and will head to 2C.

The COP website can be reached at this link: Link to COP27

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