Here\u0027s your weekly roundup of climate change news for the week of Aug. 22 to Aug. 28, 2022.
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Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause of global warming. Check back here every Saturday for a roundup of the latest climate and environmental stories. You can also get up to date B.C.-focussed news delivered to your inbox by 7 a.m. by subscribing to our newsletterB.C.’s gross greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 68.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent This is an increase of 3.0 MtCO2e, or 5 per cent since 2007, the baseline year.B.C.’s 2030 target: 40 per cent reduction in net emissions below 2007 levels.
The world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target to keep global temperature from exceeding 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, the upper limit to avoid the worst fallout from climate change.On the current path of carbon dioxide emissions, the temperature could increase by as much as 4.4 C by the end of the century.Emissions must drop 7.6 per cent per year from 2020 to 2030 to keep temperatures from exceeding 1.5 C and 2.7 per cent per year to stay below 2 C.
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