Global warming, after the observation, the solutions: the IPCC gets back to work

Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California, March 9, 2010. AP - Paul Sakuma

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This Monday, 195 States begin the examination of a new report of the intergovernmental group of experts on the climate of the UN, the IPCC.

The third and final part of a global assessment of the state of scientific knowledge on climate change, this new report should take stock of the solutions against global warming, in a world addicted to fossil fuels, major emitters of greenhouse gases. greenhouse and primarily responsible for rising temperatures.

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How can we stop the warming of our planet?

While the world has already gained 1.1 degrees since the start of the industrial era... How can the consequences of this rise in temperatures, which are already being felt hard with the multiplication of heat waves, droughts, floods and storms, be limited?

The thousands-page report written by researchers around the world answers these questions.

It is examined behind closed doors by the member countries of the UN.

A summary for policymakers is due in two weeks.

It will propose solutions to transform each major sector responsible for global warming (energy, transport, agriculture, industry, building), and without a doubt our excessive consumption of fossil fuels will be singled out... A problem that takes a new dimension in the context of the war in Ukraine, at a time when the maps of energy consumption in the world are being reshuffled.

In the first part of its report

, the IPCC pointed to the acceleration of global warming, predicting that the threshold of +1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial era could already be reached around 2030. In the second,

, he painted a grim picture of past, present and future impacts on people and ecosystems, pointing out that delaying action reduced the chances of a “liveable future”.

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: Global warming: the stakes "have never been so high", warns the IPCC

This Monday, Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN also warned that “the addiction to fossil fuels is leading us towards collective destruction”.

“We are walking with our eyes closed towards climate catastrophe”, declared Antonio Gutteres, “if we continue like this, we can say goodbye to the 1.5°C objective.

That of 2°C could also be out of reach”.

But there is still time to act to avoid the worst, say the experts.

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