9 Sept: BBC: UN report: Covid crisis does little to slow climate change
by Matt McGrath
The global response to Covid-19 has barely made a dent in the causes of climate change, according to a major new report...
The study says that by 2030, the world would need to cut the combined emissions of the top six carbon-producing countries to have a reasonable chance of staying below the 1.5C “guard rail”.
***While not impossible, the report says it would essentially require a pandemic-sized carbon slowdown every year from now until the end of the decade...
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54074733
5 Jun: Climate Depot: Marc Morano: Flashback: Fmr. UN climate head predicted COVID lockdowns?!: ‘The only way a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy’
“The only way that a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy,” Yvo de Boer, former UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) executive secretary said in 2013...
Climate activist Eric Holthaus said on April 22, 2020, about the impact of lockdowns on global CO2 emissions: “This is roughly the same pace that the IPCC says we need to sustain every year until 2030 to be on pace to limit global warming to 1.5C and hit the Paris climate goals. This is what ‘rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society’ looks like.”...
https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/06/05/flashback-fmr-un-climate-head-predicted-covid-lockdowns-the-only-way-a-2015-agreement-can-achieve-a-2-degree-goal-is-to-shut-down-the-whole-global-economy/