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UN sounds alarm on missing climate pledges

by jonathanehrlich on 10/25/21, 7:42 PM with 18 comments

• by mikestew on 10/25/21, 11:27 PM

  The WMO report confirmed that last year's temporary dip in emissions "did not have any discernible impact on the atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases and their growth rates." Concentrations of other gases methane and nitrous oxide also rose in 2020 and beat the last decade's average, it showed.

  Am I reading that right? A major pandemic shuts everything down for a period, a lot of us are still working from home, and it didn’t make any difference? Will the U. N. soon be issuing a report declaring, “We Are All Well and Truly Screwed”?

• by tuatoru on 10/26/21, 2:51 AM

  Here's an example of what we're up against:-

  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/25/spanx-chief-...

  > The chief executive and founder of the shapewear company Spanx has surprised employees with two first-class plane tickets and $10,000 each.

  The idea that massive carbon emissions are a good thing has to change. I don't think it's going to.