Our slow, uncertain response to the looming climate change catastrophe
ASPECIAL report titled “Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius” released late last year by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) proposes drastic, rapid and widespread changes in society to avert unprecedented adverse impacts around the
that nations have 12 years to bring global warming down to pre-industrial levels or face devastating consequences such as destructive typhoons and rising sea levels starting year 2030.
To radically reduce global warming, the report recommends that greenhouse gas pollution must be reduced by 45 weather intensified by climate change will see the world “sleepwalking into catastrophe” over the next decade. landmark international initiative seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the carbon emissions that drive global warming. Hearings have already been held in London and New York.
Recent press releases from the Climate Change Commission website feature the Commission
- ing World Wetlands Day and the Cabinet cluster lauding NEDA’s commitment to green its systems and practices while tracking its carbon footprint. There’s also an extensive folder of messages and remarks delivered here and abroad by the head of the agency.
Is it lethargy, procrastination or distress the face of the seemingly insurmountable challenges that lie ahead? It’s easy to fall into stupor when one realizes the enormity of the grave responsibility for the future not only of the country but also of the entire world. At the same time, the available solutions at present hardly scale in comparison.
Reforestation or massive planting of trees to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will make
targets, researches show. Huge tracts of land that may include plantations currently devoted to food production or as natural habitat will have to be converted to carbon sinks to have an appreciable positive impact. In reality, carbon sequestration technology is still the most effective approach in curbing CO2 emissions.
Unfortunately, the development of carbon capture mechanisms is typically described as viable but