This year 'virtually certain' to be warmest in 125,000 years: scientists
Korea HeraldOCT 20 2023
Carbon dioxide concentrations have risen by 11.4 percent in just 20 years, reaching levels 51 percent higher than pre-industrial times, while methane is 165 percent higher than in 1750.Current national climate pledges would only reduce global emissions by 2.6 percent from 2019 to 2030, falling drastically short of the 43 percent reduction needed to meet Paris Agreement targets.
The world's fifty richest billionaires generate more carbon emissions in under three hours than the average British person produces in their entire lifetime, primarily through private jets and luxury yachts.Carbon dioxide concentrations have risen by 11.4 percent in just 20 years, reaching levels 51 percent higher than pre-industrial times, while methane is 165 percent higher than in 1750.
The consumption emissions of the wealthiest 1 percent are projected to cause 1.5 million excess deaths in the coming century and have already led to crop losses equivalent to feeding 14.5 million people annually.The world's fifty richest billionaires generate more carbon emissions in under three hours than the average British person produces in their entire lifetime, primarily through private jets and luxury yachts.
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