As Europe descends into a furnace, global action on climate change is being delayed by politics and war. | Nick O'Malley | ANALYSIS
have offered us a terrifying glimpse of life in a world that is now 1.1 degrees warmer than it was at the start of the industrial era. The science tells us that no matter how quickly governments act on climate, for most people alive today this will be the coolest climate they experience.The other is that it is biting just as fragile global consensus that had emerged on tackling climate change is fraying.
By the time climate talks in Glasgow began last November the UK, the EU and the US, which is to say the economies most responsible for climate change due to their historical emissions, had set goals enshrined to cut emissions in half by 2030.They led an effort that saw the rest of the world sign up to emission reduction targets, and helped forge an agreement that would see wealthier nations assist emerging economies to pay for a rapid transition.
The purpose is to reduce finance costs for new gas developments. The effect will be to prolong gas use in the region and make its emission reduction targets harder to meet. “We are not going to meet our targets, period,” environmental scientist Leah Stokes, who has advised congressional Democrats on climate legislation,on Friday of Manchin’s position. “I honestly don’t know how he is going to look his own grandchildren in the eyes.”t that his boss believed the White House needed to adjust its vision to new economic realities.
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