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Is it possible to limit global warming to 1,5 C over pre-industrial time?

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
by Klima 2020

Interview with Beril Sirmacek.

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Paris to mark the fifth anniversary of the climate agreement

Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020
by Klima 2020

My comments to TRT World on the occasion of the…

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Er det fortsatt mulig å løse klimakrisa ?

Posted on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
by Klima 2020

Opptak fra webinar fra Besteforeldrenes Klimaaksjon.

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Mener vi trenger «A Green New Deal»

Posted on January 21, 2020
by Klima 2020

– Vi må helt legge om den globale økonomiske verdensordenen…

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COP 25: Roten til problemet

Posted on December 16, 2019December 23, 2019
by Klima 2020

Klimatoppmøtet i Madrid føyer seg inn i rekka av 25…

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COP 25: Mot norsk unnfallenhet

Posted on December 13, 2019December 23, 2019
by Klima 2020

«We need ambitious climate cuts. Norway – STAND UP», sang…

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COP 25: Vaktbikkje og premissleverandør

Posted on December 12, 2019December 23, 2019
by Klima 2020

En viktig aktør under COP25 er den norske paraplyorganisasjonen ForUM…

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COP 25: We – the People!

Posted on December 11, 2019December 23, 2019
by Klima 2020

Greta Thunberg ble i dag kåret til «årets person» av…

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COP 25: Ut av maktesløsheten

Posted on December 9, 2019December 23, 2019
by Klima 2020

Mens den norske statsministeren avdramatiserer og ikke vil bruke «de…

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CO25: Verdens viktigste påvirker

Posted on December 7, 2019December 23, 2019
by Klima 2020

– Man skal ikke undervurdere sinte barn, sa Greta Thunberg…

Status 2071 days after the Paris agreement:

The Paris Climate Agreement (2015) aims to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial (1880) levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Five years later we have almost the same emissions as in 2015 even if COVID-19 might result in a reduction in 2020 on 6-7 %. But unfortunately the pandemic stimulus packages continues to damage the environment.

Current pledges made by signatories to the Paris agreement is insufficient and may result in a warming of 2,7-3,6°C by the end of the century. But in 2020 most countries lag behind the Paris pledges they made 5 years ago. We are already experiencing a warming on 1,2°C, the 1,5°C target is out of reach, and with the current trend we might end up with 5°C warming and climate catastrophe.

The good news is that governments now seem to wake up. At the next COP in Glasgow this year it is expected that 100 countries, representing two thirds of both global emissons and economy will pledge climate neutrality by 2050 (China 2060). This is not enough to limit warming to 2°C but gives reason for some optimism. The figure below show the tremendous challenge ahead to stay below 2°C

The Paris Climate Agreement represent major threats and opportunities for the business sector. To achieve the goals, 75-80% of the world's known resources of coal, oil and gas must remain in the ground. If we burn it all, the planet will crater. It looks like we can have a healthy balance sheet in big oil and coal, or a relatively healthy planet – but we cannot have both. But the end of the fossil area might be more than compensated by the growth of the low emission society. IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, predicts there will be 24 million jobs in clean energy by 2030 from 8,1 million in 2015, driven in large measure by efforts to meet carbon reduction targets agreed in Paris.

Klima2020 – @Tveitdal – Svein Tveitdal – Climate Communication – Green Business Development

Category: Paris Agreement