Divesting from fossil fuels alone won't be enough to limit warming from climate change, United Nations climate panel says in new report.
A United Nations climate panel said in a report on Thursday that divesting from fossil fuels alone won't be enough to limit warming from climate change, adding that issues including deforestation and agriculture must be addressed to drive down greenhouse gas emissions.
"Land plays an important role in the climate system," Jim Skea, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said in a press release. "The whole world has warmed by about 1.1 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees Fahrenheit, from the pre-industrial period, but if you look at the land areas they warm about 50% faster," he told ABC News, adding that the difference is partly because oceans have a greater capacity to absorb heat.
Destroying forests actually releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and those trees no longer can absorb additional CO2 that otherwise enters the atmosphere, she added. Hausfather said that while most of the focus in the U.S. tends to be on domestic impacts of climate change, countries that emit less greenhouse gas suffer the most as temperatures and sea levels rise.
Hausfather said warming in the Arctic or Alaska is a better indicator of the impacts of climate change on land, where, he said, some places have seen average temperatures increases as high as 3 or 4 degrees Celsius.
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
Kim Jong Un says North Korean launches were warning to U.S., South KoreaThe official Korean Central News Agency said two missiles launched from a western airfield flew across the country and over the area surrounding the capital, Pyongyang.
Baca lebih lajut »
Kim Jong Un: Missile launches were warning to U.S., South KoreaNorth Korea said leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the U.S. and South Korea over their joint military exercises
Baca lebih lajut »
U.N. Yemen envoy 'alarmed' by military escalation in Aden: statementThe United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, expressed concern ...
Baca lebih lajut »
Kim Jong UN: North Korea missile launches were warning to US, South
Baca lebih lajut »
U.N. members sign mediation convention to settle trade disputesMembers of the United Nations on Wednesday signed the Singapore Convention on Me...
Baca lebih lajut »
These Are the Best Exercises to Un-Hunch Your Shoulders and Build a Stronger Back
Baca lebih lajut »