The report shows that there must be significant reduction in the use of fossil fuels. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has been forthright in sounding the climate alarm and he didn’t mince words over the new report when he declared, and we quote: “Today’s IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership. With fact upon fact, this report reveals how people and the planet are getting clobbered by climate change.
The IPCC is obviously being cautious not to be alarmist even with the alarming evidence before it. Clearly, today’s leaders and speculators would prefer to fiddle while the planet burns. The promotion and pursuit of technofixes are happening at a time when when wind and solar are getting more economically viable as replacements for fossil fuels. There is the option of converting stranded offshore platforms and floating vessels into wind and solar farms and thus putting them to cleaner use. It is incredible that humans prefer to bandage the scarred planet, rather than halting the well known harmful practices.
It is time for the world to invest in building resilience, stop mindless fossil fuelled and distracting wars against hapless peoples, and mindless assault on other living beings through industrial, toxic, fossil fuels dependent on agriculture. It is time to support agroecology in order to produce healthy soils, cool the planet and feed the world with safe, healthy foods.