Governments are to face renewed calls for dramatic action to tackle climate change as a major report on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C is published. Scientists and representatives of 195 governments meeting in South Korea have approved a report on the impact of a rise of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and the action needed to limit global warming to that level.
Herald 7th Oct 2018 read more »
A major report is to set out what needs to be done to keep global temperature rises to no more than 1.5C – and what that will mean for the planet. Here’s what you need to know.
Herald 7th Oct 2018 read more »
Even Scotland must up its game to help avoid climate crisis. THE advance tremors are already rattling the tea-cups. The seismic event, this coming Monday, is the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Which, if it was an Arctic survey boat (to change metaphors), would be at the bottom of the sea, so leaky has it become. According to the latest PDF to slip out from the biggest scientific peer-review exercise ever conducted, the message is stark. We must aim to keep global warming below 1.5% (that’s the percentage above pre-industrial eras) by 2050. We’re already at 1% above.
The National 6th Oct 2018 read more »