MORON Humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’ says UN climate chief as he presses for faster action
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They are obviously pushing to make climate change the next pandemicATTENTION! ATTENTION!! THE SKY IS FALLING. I REPEAT, THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’ says UN climate chief as he presses for faster action
OXFORD, England (AP) — Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations climate agency said.
With governments of the world facing a 2025 deadline for new and stronger plans to curb carbon pollution, nearly half of the world’s populations voting in elections this year, and crucial global finance meetings later this month in Washington, United Nations executive climate secretary Simon Stiell said Wednesday he knows his warning may sound melodramatic. But he said action over the next two years is “essential.”
“We still have a chance to make greenhouse gas emissions tumble, with a new generation of national climate plans. But we need these stronger plans, now,” Stiell said in a speech at the Chatham House think tank in London. He suggested that climate action is not just for powerful people to address — in a not-so-veiled reference to the electoral calendar this year.
“Who exactly has two years to save the world? The answer is every person on this planet,” Stiell said. “More and more people want climate action right across societies and political spectrums, in large part because they are feeling the impacts of the climate crisis in their everyday lives and their household budgets.”
Crop-destroying droughts have increased the need for bolder action to curb emissions and help farmers adapt which could boost food security and lessen hunger, he said. “Cutting fossil fuel pollution will mean better health and huge savings for governments and households alike,” Stiell said.
Not everyone is convinced such warnings will be helpful.
“‘Two years to save the world’ is meaningless rhetoric — at best, it’s likely to be ignored, at worst, it will be counterproductive,” said Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, who is also a professor of international affairs.
Levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the air last year hit all-time highs, according to United States government calculations, while scientists calculate that the world’s carbon dioxide emissions jumped 1.1%. Last year was the hottest year on record by far, global temperature monitoring groups concluded.
If emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from burning of coal, oil and natural gas continue to rise or don’t start a sharp decline, Stiell said it “will further entrench the gross inequalities between the world’s richest and poorest countries and communities” that are being worsened by climate change.
And behind it all is money.
Stiell’s speech comes just ahead of meetings of The World Bank and other big multinational development institutions, where poorer nations, led by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Kenyan President William Ruto, are pushing for major reforms in the systems that loan money to poor nations, especially those hit by climate-related disasters.
In conjunction with that push, Stiell called for “a quantum leap this year in climate finance.” He called for debt relief for the countries that need it the most, saying they are spending $400 billion on debt financing instead of preparing for and preventing future climate change.
He called for more financial aid, not just loans, and more money from different groups like banks, the International Maritime Organization, and the G20, the world’s 20 most powerful economies. Those countries are responsible for 80% of the world’s heat-trapping emissions, he said.
“G20 leadership must be at the core of the solution, as it was during the great financial crisis,” Stiell said.
“Every day, finance ministers, CEOs, investors, and development bankers direct trillions of dollars. It’s time to shift those dollars from the energy and infrastructure of the past, towards that of a cleaner, more resilient future,” Stiell said. “And to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable countries benefit.”
Officials said the climate finance problem needs to be fixed by the end of the year with November’s climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, a crucial point.
Stiell is “absolutely right” that timing and finance are the heart of the matter, said longtime climate analyst Alden Meyer of European think tank E3G. The carbon action plans submitted by next year will “determine whether we can get on the trajectory of sharp emissions reductions needed to avoid much worse climate impacts than those we are already suffering today,” he said.
With so many elections and places where democracies on the brink, “climate finance related to carbon policy is on the line,” said Nancy Lindborg, president of the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, at the Skoll World Forum, an ideas conference in Oxford, England.
Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare said Stiell was “listening to the science” — namely that global emissions must be halved by the end of the decade to meet the Paris climate accord’s ambition of capping global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).
“Governments are nowhere near that, and disastrously many are still supporting new fossil fuel development,” Hare said. “We need to see a massive strengthening of action now – faster ramping up of renewables, electric vehicles and batteries – if we’re to get serious reductions by 2030. The longer we wait, the more it will cost.”
MountainBiker
Veteran Member
That Northern New England is trending warmer & wetter vs historical norms is quantifiable, but whether the kinds of changes they want us to make will slow or stop that trend is debatable. Using the old maxim of watch what they do, not what they say, I am not seeing the economic, political, or cultural elite do anything to reduce their personal carbon footprints which are likely hundreds of times greater than the average person's. Why aren't they pushing to ban private jets and yachts? The owning of multiple mansions? Generally living lives of obscene ostentation? They aren't doing anything to set a good example which begs the question as to whether they believe what they say.
Bubble Head
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I think he should take a couple of deep breaths, place his head between his legs and kiss his ass goodbye.
Calfisher
Veteran Member
More, Harder, Faster...
Meanwhile, over in the commercial greenhouse world, these are popular to accelerate plant growth.
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Heat tubes and duct adaptors optional.
The multi-fuel generator is adjustable for propane or natural gas
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Meanwhile, over in the commercial greenhouse world, these are popular to accelerate plant growth.
https://growershouse.com/green-air-products-multi-fuel-infrared-co2-generator-ir-28-mf
Multi-Fuel unit adjustable for LP OR NG fuel. Revolutionized CO2 enrichment, Air Cooled, Auto Ignition, CO2 generator will dramatically increase the growth of green plants. When purchasing the accessories, you must get two (2) of the heat sinks for IR-28-MF CO2 Generator.
The IR-28 takes 2 minutes per 1000 cu/ft to produce 1000 ppm CO2.
Heat tubes and duct adaptors optional.
The multi-fuel generator is adjustable for propane or natural gas
28 cu/ft/hr CO2 20,000 BTU two burner uses two heat tubes
Translation:
I’m leaving my post in two years and need more funds to live well for the rest of my life.
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
but I'll bet he wasn't worried one bit about the mercury in his children's vaccines........Non-dolphin-free Ice-Aged mercury filled Tuna…
50 years ago… Well close to it anyhow. I had this shop teacher, who would don his white shop jacket like he was Albert Einstein on the brink of a conclusion of a multi-chalk board equation.
It was 1975 and his total immersion into The mercury in the tuna was OFF the charts.
There was something about his eyes. His personification was an Old Yoda in an upholstery class. His eyes though, more like a startled Chihuahua, that just missed being clipped by a Greyhound bus on the interstate.
You know what I’m saying?
I don’t know how many good tuna sandwiches I missed over the years cause of that Green Piece of environmental programming.
Profit of Doom
Dismember
You do know that was also a crock of crap. DuPont helped with getting Freon banned. It was off-patent and cheap generics flooded the market. New gasses were invented, patented, and sold for far higher prices and shittier performance as well.
Kinda funny how the major part of Freon usage was in the northern hemisphere, but the “ozone hole” was in the south. Incidentally, there’s a big volcano down there, spewing natural chlorine. Funny they didn’t mention that.
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ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Tell those VIP'S to quick buy their all electric YACHT, and airplane before they're all gone!
Or, they will be stuck with sail powered vessels and
Balloons for air travel.
Or, they will be stuck with sail powered vessels and
Balloons for air travel.
Sooth
Veteran Member
Yes, I am well aware of all the scams and BS over the decades. The cost of these scams has been very high. Mostly designed to damage this country while profiting those string pullers behind the scenes. Leaves a strong scent of evil wherever it goes.
Gore and his Montecito, CA mansion, John Kerry and his multiple mansions and private jets and so many others.
Quiet Man
Nothing unreal exists
We all know, now, that the 'Climate Change' agenda is total BS and a fraud, and part of the Hegelian Dialectic. Time to stop being manipulated.
The good news is that we can add the name of each high-level person who says such things onto the list of Cabal members for appropriate follow-up once Nurenberg 2.0 starts.
The good news is that we can add the name of each high-level person who says such things onto the list of Cabal members for appropriate follow-up once Nurenberg 2.0 starts.
pinkelsteinsmom
Veteran Member
I've been forced to change my signature in order to deal with the plethera of recent proclamations by our Overlords.
pinkelsteinsmom
Veteran Member
Fun times for all will soon be had. Adding another name to that long list will have no effect. I suggest step two in the process, begin to openely announce and build a very large gallow in the center of the country. Start a go fund us account just to show the pukes how many in this country desire to see them swing.
et2
Has No Life - Lives on TB
ohhh … you now …. It’s more of your tax dollars. And that’s no joke. From larger countries … cough … USA … ponying up the dough … as it’s our fault.
More scams they have to strip America of its money. The great grifting.
Climate “ CONTROL” …. Has nothing to do with the climate. But it is a “green” business model scam … stealing your cash.
We’re trying to save the world
ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
If we only have two years left to save the planet.....then WE ARE DOOMED!! The reality is this is all just MAJOR BULLSHITTE!! A couple of volcanoes going off is going to totally out pace anything humans do regarding adding CO2 to the atmosphere. Rather than worrying about CO2 levels, which the planet has endured just fine for eons, we better be worrying about all the TOXIC WASTE we're dumping on the planet, in the AIR, WATER, OCEANS, LAND....friggen EVERYWHERE! Heck we've even polluted near space with all our space junk and satellites.
We're not warming the planet - BUT WE ARE POISONING IT!
We're not warming the planet - BUT WE ARE POISONING IT!
155 arty
Veteran Member
Do they Really think we believe that excrementATTENTION! ATTENTION!! THE SKY IS FALLING. I REPEAT, THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’ says UN climate chief as he presses for faster action
OXFORD, England (AP) — Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations climate agency said.
With governments of the world facing a 2025 deadline for new and stronger plans to curb carbon pollution, nearly half of the world’s populations voting in elections this year, and crucial global finance meetings later this month in Washington, United Nations executive climate secretary Simon Stiell said Wednesday he knows his warning may sound melodramatic. But he said action over the next two years is “essential.”
“We still have a chance to make greenhouse gas emissions tumble, with a new generation of national climate plans. But we need these stronger plans, now,” Stiell said in a speech at the Chatham House think tank in London. He suggested that climate action is not just for powerful people to address — in a not-so-veiled reference to the electoral calendar this year.
“Who exactly has two years to save the world? The answer is every person on this planet,” Stiell said. “More and more people want climate action right across societies and political spectrums, in large part because they are feeling the impacts of the climate crisis in their everyday lives and their household budgets.”
Crop-destroying droughts have increased the need for bolder action to curb emissions and help farmers adapt which could boost food security and lessen hunger, he said. “Cutting fossil fuel pollution will mean better health and huge savings for governments and households alike,” Stiell said.
Not everyone is convinced such warnings will be helpful.
“‘Two years to save the world’ is meaningless rhetoric — at best, it’s likely to be ignored, at worst, it will be counterproductive,” said Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, who is also a professor of international affairs.
Levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the air last year hit all-time highs, according to United States government calculations, while scientists calculate that the world’s carbon dioxide emissions jumped 1.1%. Last year was the hottest year on record by far, global temperature monitoring groups concluded.
If emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from burning of coal, oil and natural gas continue to rise or don’t start a sharp decline, Stiell said it “will further entrench the gross inequalities between the world’s richest and poorest countries and communities” that are being worsened by climate change.
And behind it all is money.
Stiell’s speech comes just ahead of meetings of The World Bank and other big multinational development institutions, where poorer nations, led by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Kenyan President William Ruto, are pushing for major reforms in the systems that loan money to poor nations, especially those hit by climate-related disasters.
In conjunction with that push, Stiell called for “a quantum leap this year in climate finance.” He called for debt relief for the countries that need it the most, saying they are spending $400 billion on debt financing instead of preparing for and preventing future climate change.
He called for more financial aid, not just loans, and more money from different groups like banks, the International Maritime Organization, and the G20, the world’s 20 most powerful economies. Those countries are responsible for 80% of the world’s heat-trapping emissions, he said.
“G20 leadership must be at the core of the solution, as it was during the great financial crisis,” Stiell said.
“Every day, finance ministers, CEOs, investors, and development bankers direct trillions of dollars. It’s time to shift those dollars from the energy and infrastructure of the past, towards that of a cleaner, more resilient future,” Stiell said. “And to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable countries benefit.”
Officials said the climate finance problem needs to be fixed by the end of the year with November’s climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, a crucial point.
Stiell is “absolutely right” that timing and finance are the heart of the matter, said longtime climate analyst Alden Meyer of European think tank E3G. The carbon action plans submitted by next year will “determine whether we can get on the trajectory of sharp emissions reductions needed to avoid much worse climate impacts than those we are already suffering today,” he said.
With so many elections and places where democracies on the brink, “climate finance related to carbon policy is on the line,” said Nancy Lindborg, president of the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, at the Skoll World Forum, an ideas conference in Oxford, England.
Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare said Stiell was “listening to the science” — namely that global emissions must be halved by the end of the decade to meet the Paris climate accord’s ambition of capping global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).
“Governments are nowhere near that, and disastrously many are still supporting new fossil fuel development,” Hare said. “We need to see a massive strengthening of action now – faster ramping up of renewables, electric vehicles and batteries – if we’re to get serious reductions by 2030. The longer we wait, the more it will cost.”
et2, that image is the size of a postage stamp. It’s too small to tell what it is.
Profit of Doom
Dismember
One of them’s a 15 minute city, I bet.
