Some people and ecosystems already face or are fast approaching “hard” limits to adaptation, where climate impacts from 1.1 degrees C of global warming are becoming so frequent and severe that no existing adaptation strategies can fully avoid losses and damages.
We are not on a path to achieve these levels of emissions reduction. Up until covid emissions were constantly increasing. Post covid they are increasing again.
We are also clearing forests so the CO2 is not drawn down.
An area the size of Switzerland was cleared from Earth’s most pristine rainforests in 2022, despite promises by world leaders to halt their destruction, new figures show… the equivalent of 11 football pitches of primary rainforest were destroyed every minute last year
Greenfield Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge The Guardian 27 Jun 2023
Households with incomes in the top 10%, including a relatively large share in developed countries, emit upwards of 45% of the world’s GHGs, while those families earning in the bottom 50% account for 15% at most.
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