"The key document is called #GlobalStocktake. It’s the first of its kind in U.N. #climate negotiations, saying how far the world has come from the 2015 Paris agreement — where nations agreed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since preindustrial times — and what it has to do next"
Bestandsaufnahme zum Klimaschutz: Eine ernüchternde Bilanz
Zu wenige Zusagen - und die werden dann häufig nicht einmal eingehalten. Die globale Bestandsaufnahme der Vereinten Nationen zum Klimaschutz ist ernüchternd. Nötig seien Nachbesserungen in allen Bereichen. Von Werner Eckert.
#ClimateDiary There is no question that #COP28 will be the most important yet. The #GlobalStocktake will be the “biggest accountability moment in history”, and on its basis leaders will need to make crucial key decisions about fiscal and policy commitments. With less than two months to go, we need to all be as well informed as possible and put pressure on leaders as much as we can. I thought I would start a 🧵that I will keep going in the run up 1/n
13/n #ClimateDiary decided to do a little #COP28#Glossary here: brief explainers of key terms, familiar to many of you no doubt but perhaps useful to have in one place.
Starting with #GlobalStocktake. The #GST was part of the #ParisAgreement: that every 5 years stock would be taken of where global policies and actions are at in terms of reducing carbon/green house gas emissions in order to stay under 1.5°C warming. This will be the first GST, and it’s important
20/n Anyway sceptics were probably right: this year’s #GlobalStocktake synthesis report has shown that, so far, the ratchet hasn’t worked well enough; all governments, all NDCs are falling abysmally short of what’s needed.
The UN’s first global stocktake report warns that the world is not on track to meet the Paris climate goals. This contradicts the optimistic claims of some countries that have pledged to reduce their emissions by 2030. The report urges more ambition and action from all stakeholders to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
🔥 “Our house is burning down and the people with the power to save us are still sipping coffee pretending it’s not happening"
⚕️"We need the biggest players to use their power to avert climate chaos, and to flex their muscle to protect human life rather than protecting corporate polluters."
Take a step back: The #UNFCCC#GlobalStocktake released today is a damning indictment of our collective failure to take the existential threat of climate change seriously. We have just 2 years for global emissions to peak if we are to stand a >67% chance of limiting warming to 2°C
▪️ World not on track to reach global warming reduction goals
▪️ Ahead of Dubai climate talks, U.N. issues call for action
▪️ Another 20 gigatonnes of CO2 reductions needed this decade