World leaders, green groups and influencers reacted Monday to a “terrifying” UN climate science report with a mix of horror and hopefulness as the scale of the emergency dawned on many. Frans Timmermans, the European Union’s deputy climate chief said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group 1 report, which warned the world is […]
European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, attends a news conference on the Common Agricultural Policy at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium June 25, 2021. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via REUTERS
Britain’s Boris Johnson, whose government is hosting a crucial climate summit in November, said the assessment “makes for sobering reading”. Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed said the 3,500-page assessment confirmed that climate-vulnerable nations were “on the edge of extinction”.Saleemul Huq, director of Dhaka-based environmental think tank ICCCAD, said the IPCC report was “the final warning that bubble of empty promises is about to burst”.He said it showed G20 countries needed to accelerate emissions cuts to ensure their economies are in line with the 1.5C target.
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