PARIS: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world is"sleepwalking to climate catastrophe", with major economies allowing carbon pollution to increase when drastic cuts are needed.
But even if nations honour newly revised pledges under the Paris Agreement, emissions are still set to rise 14 per cent before the decade ends. His comments came only hours before the 195-nation IPCC kicks off a two-week meeting to validate a landmark report on options for reducing carbon pollution and extracting CO2 from the air.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, he added, could further derail climate action with importers locking in fossil fuel dependence as they scramble to replace Russian oil and gas."Countries could become so consumed by the immediate fossil fuel supply gap that they neglect or knee-cap policies," Guterres said.A bombshell report last year from the intergovernmental International Energy Agency concluded that a 1.
It’s been sleepwalking on a whole lot of issues and not just climate change. Insane…
With sanctions on Russian oil, NOW is the best time to start switching to renewable energy source and to avoid future energy crisis and diplomatic limitations, not just in Europe.