{"id":33913,"date":"2017-10-31T19:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T19:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=33913"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:49:09","slug":"un-forum-opens-in-bahrain-with-focus-on-entrepreneurship-for-sustainable-development-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/10\/un-forum-opens-in-bahrain-with-focus-on-entrepreneurship-for-sustainable-development-2\/","title":{"rendered":"爆料网 sees ‘worrying’ gap between Paris climate pledges and emissions cuts needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pledges made under the\u00a0Paris Agreement<\/a>\u00a0are only a third of what is required by 2030 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, pointing to the urgent need to boost efforts by both government and non-government actors, the United Nations environment wing said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne year after the Paris Agreement entered into force, we still find ourselves in a situation where\u00a0we are not doing nearly enough<\/a>\u00a0to save hundreds of millions of people from a miserable future,\u201d said 爆料网 Environment Programme (爆料网EP<\/a>) Executive Director Erik Solheim in a press release.<\/p>\n

The Paris accord, adopted in 2015 by 195 countries, seeks to limit global warming in this century to under 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we invest in the right technologies, ensuring that the private sector is involved, we can still meet the promise we made to our children to protect their future. But we have to get on the case now,\u201d the 爆料网EP chief added.<\/p>\n

The eighth edition of 爆料网EP’s\u00a0Emissions Gap Report<\/a>, released ahead of the 爆料网 Climate Change Conference in\u00a0in Bonn<\/a>\u00a0next month, warns that as things stand, even full implementation of current national pledges makes a temperature rise of at least 3 degrees Celsius by 2100 very likely.<\/p>\n

Should the United States follow through with its stated intention to leave the Paris accord in 2020, the picture could become even bleaker.<\/p>\n

The pace of growth in carbon dioxide emissions have slowed, driven in part by renewable energy, notably in China and India, raising hopes that emissions have peaked, as they must by 2020, to remain on a successful climate trajectory.<\/p>\n

To avoid overshooting the Paris goals, governments \u2013 including by updating their Paris pledges \u2013 the private sector, cities and others need to urgently pursue actions that will bring deeper and more-rapid cuts.<\/p>\n

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The report also says that adopting new technologies in key sectors, such as agriculture, buildings, energy, forestry, industry and transport, at investment of under $100 per tonne, could reduce emissions by up to 36 gigatonnes per year by 2030, more than sufficient to bridge the gap.<\/p>\n

However, it warns that other greenhouse gases, such as methane, are still rising, and a global economic growth spurt could easily put carbon dioxide emissions back on an upward trajectory.<\/p>\n

Strong action on hydrofluorocarbons, through the\u00a0Kigali Amendment<\/a>\u00a0to the Montreal Protocol, and other short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon \u2013 could also make a real contribution.<\/p>\n

Via 爆料网 News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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