COP26 President Alok Sharma has described this as the moment 'where the rubber hits the road.'
Rockstrom highlighted pledges to restore and protect forests and a deal to cut methane emissions as two "very promising" developments. He said it was encouraging to see Brazil among the signatories to reverse deforestation by the end of the decade.
The so-called Global Methane Pledge, an international initiative put forward to reduce emissions of a potent climate heating gas, was also a "really good" step to move the climate debate on from carbon emissions-only, Rockstrom said. In the days ahead, Rockstrom warned it would be imperative for countries and companies not to allow complacency to set in. He described the tendency among some actors to "slow down a bit" after announcing a series of pledges as "complete stupidity" and urged policymakers to do all they can to reduce fossil fuel use and maintain carbon sinks.
To be sure, burning fossil fuels is the chief driver of the climate crisis and yet the world's fossil fuel dependency isYoung protestors attend the Fridays For Future COP26 Scotland March on November 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland.
To be sure, the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold is a crucial global target because beyond this level, so-called tipping points become more likely. Tipping points refer to an irreversible change in the climate system, locking in further global heating.U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa told CNBC that the flurry of announcements in the opening days of COP26 had given her reason to be "
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