The consequences of a mere 1.1°C of warming are already becoming very apparent; the impacts of a rise above 1.5 or even 2°C will be severe
One of the five great turnarounds proposed in the recent Earth For All report to the Club of Rome is the energy turnaround. So with COP27 — the annual UN conference on climate change — opening in Egypt, this is a good time to look at this issue.
This is particularly troubling given that the world is supposed to be working to reduce emissions. Unsurprisingly, current commitments by the nations of the world are not sufficient to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. . Within the coming decades, in some parts of the world, temperatures could reach dangerous levels at which outdoor labour becomes impossible.
Then there are the health impacts. Released in late October, the Lancet Countdown report proclaimed health is “at the mercy of fossil fuels” and notes “heat-related deaths [among those 65 and older] increased by 68% between 2000 and 2004 and 2017–21.” Those global health benefits would include preventing many of the 1-2 million annual deaths from fossil-fuel air pollution, while a shift to a more plant-based diet would prevent some 11 million deaths annually.
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