The world "can no longer delay ambitious climate measures," after the publication of the new shocking report by UN experts, US foreign minister Antony Blinken said on Monday.

"This moment requires that world leaders, the private sector and individuals act together urgently and do whatever is necessary to protect our planet and our future in this decade and beyond," he said. in a press release.

+1.5 ° C around 2030

According to this document from IPCC experts, published on Monday, global warming could reach the threshold of +1.5 ° C around 2030, ten years earlier than estimated, threatening new disasters "unprecedented" to humanity , already hit by heat waves and floods in series.

Humans are "indisputably" responsible for climate change and have no other choice but to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, if they want to limit the damage, they note.

"This is why it is essential that all countries, and in particular the major economies, do their part during this crucial decade of the 2020s to put the world on a trajectory that retains the limit of +1.5 ° C at your fingertips, ”said Antony Blinken.

Reduce greenhouse gases by 50%

"This is why the United States has committed to a reduction of 50-52% of emissions" of greenhouse gases "in 2030 compared to the level of 2005 and ordered the entire federal administration to fight the climate crisis, ”he added, as President Joe Biden joined the Paris climate agreement from which his predecessor Donald Trump had withdrawn Washington and declared his intention to pose as the leader of the fight against global warming.

The Biden administration also announced the provision of 5 billion dollars of public money to "help states and local communities to prepare for major disasters" linked in particular to extreme weather events.

Increase in climate change-related disasters

The Democratic President has also constantly praised the environmental merits of his grand plan to renovate the country's aging infrastructure, a plan worth $ 1.2 trillion which is currently the subject of delicate parliamentary negotiations.

According to the White House, the frequency of extreme weather events and disasters linked to climate change, and the cost of which exceeds 1 billion dollars, has "exploded".

Where the United States had an average of 6 such major disasters between 2000 and 2009 each year, this figure rose to 13 between 2010 and 2020.

"Let's seal an agreement equal to the urgency!"

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And Washington's concerns are shared by Paris.

"Let's seal an agreement equal to the urgency!"

"During the COP26 in Glasgow in November, urged Monday Emmanuel Macron after the publication of a worrying new report by UN climate experts (IPCC).

The IPCC report is final.

Again.

The time for indignation is behind us.


Paris Agreement, carbon neutrality at European level, climate law… France will remain on the side of those who act.

In November, in Glasgow, let's seal an agreement equal to the urgency!

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) August 9, 2021

“The IPCC report is final.

Again.

The time for indignation is behind us.

Paris Agreement, carbon neutrality at European level, climate law… France will remain on the side of those who act, ”added the French president in a tweet, three months before COP26 (international climate conference).

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