UN urges countries to eliminate gas emissions … – 20minutos.es

Polar Bears in iceberg melting due to climate change. (Gtres)

United Nations has presented this Sunday the findings of a report that summarizes the views of more 800 scientists in which the countries of the world to reduce to zero emissions of pollutant gases by 2100 is requested.

“There is a myth that climate action is us cost much, but if we do not we cost more, “said the secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, in press conference during l a presentation of the report in Copenhagen .

So, Ban said that “ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been found that the influence of humans on climate is emphatic, and the need to act without doubt, since we have the means to do so “, in comments made by the BBC.

The report, 40 pages, summarizes the most 5000 worksheets published since September 2013 in which alerts the international community of the profound effects of climate change. Specifically, the UN requires a fundamental goal: to prevent the average temperature rises two degrees above pre-Industrial Revolution era; temperature has risen 0.85 degrees.

To do this, emissions of greenhouse gases “ must be reduced to near zero or even less than 2100 ” as the final recommendations of the study will serve as a master guide ahead of the summit in Paris in late 2015, which is expected to renew the global commitment against climate change after the Kyoto Protocol.

The NGO WWF has called attention to the world’s governments. “It’s not too late to prevent catastrophic climate change. A quick and decisive action to move away from fossil fuels can keep the temperature increase below 2 ° C, which is the threshold set by the science, and agreed to by governments , avoid dangerous climate change , “said the organization.

A quick and decisive action to move away from fossil fuels can keep increasing temperature below 2 ° C

However, the NGO remember that there is “carbon budget”, ie, the limit of what we can deliver, and has already been used almost everything. Globally, the NGO says emissions must decline rapidly, with peak emissions this decade and decline to zero by mid-century if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change. Governments, businesses and, indeed, all of us, we take steps to achieve the phase-out of fossil fuels completely.

“Adaptation to climate change is essential but there are limits to it. Without immediate action on emissions and limiting the impacts, adaptation will not be enough to protect the lives, livelihoods and ecosystems on which they depend people, “said the NGO.

” Action to reduce emissions and adapt to the impacts involves seriously consider issues such as equity and justice. If we do not act, we will jeopardize efforts to reduce jeopardized poverty and food security, water and livelihoods of many people in poorer countries. also leave the youth of today and future generations with an almost insurmountable challenge, “he concludes.