The influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made public the last of ‘Synthesis’ reportthat is part of 6th evaluation cycle, Since 1990, when the IPCC began making public its compilation of global scientific research linking greenhouse gas emissions with changes in weather and climate, the evidence that human actions are bringing the world closer to irreversible doomsday has only have become stronger. The various assessment cycles of the IPCC have played an important role in this. There is little in the way of new information in the latest report made public after weeks of deliberations in Interlaken, Switzerland. That’s because it’s a synthesis of reports that since 2018 have not only strengthened the human link in warming but also analyzed it from multiple angles, with implications of not being complete. 2015 Paris AgreementOf Trying to stop the temperature from rising by 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial times.
The report stresses the need for finance to flow from developed countries to developing countries and the need to compensate countries that are set to suffer the most from climate change, to help them build resilience. In a summary for policy makers, the latest synthesis report states that the best chance of keeping the planet’s warming below 1.5°C is to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to 2019 levels by 48% by 2030 and 99% by 2050. be reduced to Currently announced policies collectively by countries, if fully implemented, are set to increase temperatures by 2.5 °C to 3.2 °C by 2100. The latest report could weigh significantly at the next session of the Conference of the Parties to be held in Dubai in November, where a global stocktake – on what countries have done so far to achieve the commitments set out in the Paris Agreement – will be the highlight of the proceedings. is likely to happen. The IPCC report has generally been seen as a portent of doom, but the current report also talks about the falling cost of solar and wind power and the expansion of the electric vehicle fleet. However, the goals of the Paris Agreement cannot be met without negative emissions, or carbon dioxide removal, and would require untested technologies that now appear to be impractically expensive. India has “welcomed” the report and said several sections underline its stated position: that the climate crisis is due to unequal contributions, and that climate justice must be subordinated to mitigation and adaptation. However, India should also not lose sight of the second message that only a concerted effort, with countries moving beyond their comfort zones, can give the planet a fighting chance of avoiding the worst.
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