Mr. MANZANARES said helping developing countries access climate financing is the core goal of the Green Climate Fund and adaptation is the priority for the most vulnerable countries. She noted a lack of pressure on corporations to advance environmentally sound pension programmes. Next year the IPCC will release the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, and Climate Change and Land, which looks at how climate change affects land use. “This report is really important. But the costs of doing nothing would be far higher. To her, climate change and global warming were ambiguous terms until her life, and that of her fellow Grenadians, was forever altered by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. However, the international community is not on track to meet its goals or those set forth in the Paris Agreement. Children, adults and older persons all live in the same house and must look after it by working together. By mid-century, a shift to the lower goal would require a supercharged roll-back of emissions sources that have built up over the past 250 years. Sea-level rise would affect 10 million more people by 2100 if the half-degree extra warming brought a forecast 10cm additional pressure on coastlines. The report will be presented to governments at the UN climate conference in Poland at the end of this year. Obstacles lifted when issuers realized they could reach new markets. Such a narrative needs to accord proper attention to the institutions capable of delivering on the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement. Warning of ‘climate catastrophe,’ UN says 2020 among hottest years ever ... coal and natural gas by 6% each year by 2030 to keep global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. At the current level of commitments, the world is on course for a disastrous 3C of warming. For information media. between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate. Climate change threatens decades of development progress and plans for inclusive sustainable development. • Extreme heatwaves will be experienced by 14% of the world's population at least once every five years at 1.5C. The UK has announced its NDC, with an emissions cut of 68% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, a marked improvement on its 2015 NDC containing only a 53% cut, though climate experts said a … Only our audience can – and that is the governments that receive it.”. He suggested the use of an integrated narrative that brings the Sustainable Development Goals and climate action together in an exciting way that promotes systemic changes. Highlighting the meeting’s theme, Ms. Espinosa called for an intergenerational approach to climate change. Ross Clark: A ban on gas boilers would be yet another pointless eco catastrophe. Large, robust and widespread differences are expected for temperature extremes (high confidence). “The time for talking and listening must now give way to action,” he said, noting that three years after the Paris Agreement, the world is facing worsening climate impacts. Pointing to intensified calls by youth leaders for action on climate change, she said that 2019 must be a year of climate action at all levels. Ms. KING said climate change can bring devastating consequences to small island developing States. The Assembly will reconvene at 10 a.m. on Friday, 29 March, to resume the high-level meeting. Michał Kurtyka, Secretary of State at the Ministry for Energy and Environment of Poland and President of the Twenty‑fourth Conference, said that a people-centred approach to climate change mitigation emerged in Katowice. The representative of Mexico stressed the need for a commitment to real action, citing the World Bank’s position on a whole sustainability perspective. The meeting — held pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/219 (2017) — will run through 29 March with a focus on protection of the global climate for present and future generations, in the context of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. ... and that from 2030 to 2050 the rates of deployment remain constant. She added that young people have a lot of power to raise their voices in that domain. “We are the last generation that can prevent irreparable damage to our planet,” General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (Ecuador) warned the gathering in her opening remarks, stressing that 11 years are all that remain to avert catastrophe. He called for every individual to take the issue personally, then collectively positive changes can be achieved. She said there is a tendency to work in silos, and despite improvements in including gender requirements in proposals, real implementation of them is lacking. • By 2100, global sea level rise would be 10cm lower with global warming of 1.5C compared with 2C. The General Assembly’s meeting gives youth leaders hope that global leaders understand the time for action is now. “Eleven years is all we have ahead of us to change our direction,” she said, citing the findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. The direct impact of climate change hits the poorest nations hardest as they lack resources to properly mitigate the phenomenon. If passed, the bill would codify in state statute climate-related targets set by Gov. She highlighted the need for ambitious goals from every sector, including financial. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR15) was published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 8 October 2018. The report, issued on Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ... greenhouse pollution must be reduced by 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030, and 100 percent by 2050. Throughout the second discussion, panellists stressed the need to promote technology transfers, provide targeted development assistance and create favourable financing packages that allow vulnerable States to adapt to, and mitigate, climate change. Ms. CECI said early stumbling blocks in the green market emerged when trying to fulfil the needs of pension funds while meeting the goals of issuers. But at 2C, ice free summers are 10 times more likely, leading to greater habitat losses for polar bears, whales, seals and sea birds. Ms. DELGADO said Mexico has seized the opportunity to participate in climate-related activities within the United Nations. ... 13,784 Scientists Say These 6 Things Can Stop Climate Catastrophe ... which calls for the restoration of 350 million hectares of forests and lands by 2030. Just over a decade is all that remains to stop irreversible damage from climate change, world leaders heard today as the General Assembly opened a high‑level meeting on the relationship between the phenomenon and sustainable development. ... efficiency of buildings and creating an electric car club to help it become carbon-zero by 2030. Ms. WICKRAMANAYAKE then asked Ms. Ceci what opportunities for investment are emerging in the climate and sustainable development spheres. However, lack of resources means such programmes fail to be fully implemented. Ms. SCHMIDT called on them to “pursue action for change”. The representative of the Inter-Parliamentary Union expressed worry that the right synergy does not exist in the economic model, and that the international community is still thinking of a technological solution. Ms. ESPINOSA closed the fireside chat by asking panellists what one word they would use to motivate youth leaders. Facing increased poverty, food insecurity, water stress and environmental damage, he said: “We have no excuse not to act.” He further noted that humankind has the tools to address the crisis in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change. “We have presented governments with pretty hard choices. For every remaining tonne (CO2 equivalent) that we emit, we will remove a tonne of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, to achieve net zero climate impact by 2030. He noted that Africa continues to be the continent most affected by climate change. Johan Rockström, a co-author of the recent Hothouse Earth report, said scientists never previously discussed 1.5C, which was initially seen as a political concession to small island states. Bob Ward, of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, said the final document was “incredibly conservative” because it did not mention the likely rise in climate-driven refugees or the danger of tipping points that could push the world on to an irreversible path of extreme warming. Ms. ESPINOSA then asked about the results of the discussions in Katowice. “We need an economic model of hand-me-downs,” he said. She pointed to the International Finance Corporation’s Amundi Planet Emerging Green One fund — which has taken money from pension funds in Europe to invest in emerging market green bonds — as an example of best practice. “Climate change is occurring earlier and more rapidly than expected. The number affected would increase substantially in the following centuries due to locked-in ice melt. Moderated by Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the Convention, it featured Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji; Michał Kurtyka, Secretary of State at the Ministry for Energy and Environment of Poland; and Carolina Schmidt, Minister for Environment of Chile. But he said there was a huge difference between the two: “1.5C gives young people and the next generation a fighting chance of getting back to the Holocene or close to it. “We must address this global emergency with ambition and urgency,” he stressed, remarking that climate change threatens decades of development progress and plans for inclusive sustainable development. The meeting also featured two panel discussions: one on synergies between climate and sustainable development agendas and another on means of implementation. Mr. HASSAN said the Maldives has developed a number of programmes to address the impact of climate change. This would require carbon prices that are three to four times higher than for a 2C target. “We put the world in this emergency and we must be the ones to solve the problem,” she said, noting that inclusion is essential to developing effective climate strategies. Reversing these trends is essential if the world has any chance of reaching 1.5C without relying on the untried technology of solar radiation modification and other forms of geo-engineering, which could have negative consequences. ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said no country or community is immune to climate-related devastation, with the poor and vulnerable the first to suffer the worst hit. We have pointed out the enormous benefits of keeping to 1.5C, and also the unprecedented shift in energy systems and transport that would be needed to achieve that,” said Jim Skea, a co-chair of the working group on mitigation. Food scarcity would be less of a problem and hundreds of millions fewer people, particularly in poor countries, would be at risk of climate-related poverty. “I invite you all to commit to 2020 being the last year carbon emissions increase due to human activities,” she said, noting that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires meeting climate benchmarks. Ms. Svedling said Sates must embed climate action in national budgets in order to establish a clear link with the Sustainable Development Goals. Mr. BAINIMARAMA, who served as President of the Twenty-third Conference of the Parties to the Conference, which took place in Bonn, Germany, in November 2017, known as COP23, noted that discussions were conducted not with finger-pointing but with empathy and understanding. But analysts say there is much work to be done, with even pro-Paris deal nations involved in fossil fuel extraction that runs against the spirit of their commitments. Britain is pushing ahead with gas fracking, Norway with oil exploration in the Arctic, and the German government wants to tear down Hambach forest to dig for coal. For climate action to succeed it must account for the needs of all affected communities, she noted, adding that the University of Mauritius is set to host a multi-stakeholder climate justice conference. “We have no more time to waste,” she added. The first round of Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday put Jair Bolsonaro into a strong position to carry out his threat to do the same and also open the Amazon rainforest to agribusiness. However, he noted there is evidence “that we are moving in the right direction”. Ms. FOUAD said such technologies yield positive results but developing countries require developed States to promote technology transfers to make them affordable. He highlighted that the past four years have been the warmest in history and greenhouse gases have increased by 2.7 per cent. Countdown is a global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. Pointing to the “hundreds of thousands — perhaps millions” of people affected by cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, he noted such events are becoming more frequent and will become worse without urgent, immediate action. 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