Even If Current Pledges Are Honoured, Temp Will Rise 3°C
Copenhagen: Industrialized countries are cheating the world. A confidential document of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat prepared on December 15 shows that, contrary to what the rich nations might claim, even if they fulfil their current pledges to reduce emissions, the world is headed towards
a 3-degree temperature rise by 2050, not 2 degree Celsius –the tipping point.
The document, an authoritative assessment by the UN itself, still kept a secret from the 192 country delegates presently at Copenhagen, says, "Unless the remaining gap (of the emissions required to be reduced) is closed and parties (countries) commit themselves to strong action prior to and after 2020, global emissions will remain on an unsustainable pathway that could lead to concentrations equal to or above 550 ppm (parts per million of carbon dioxide in air) with the related temperature raise around 3 degree Celsius.
The United Nation's global group of scientists—IPCC—has long warned that if global temperatures go over 2 degrees above the pre-industrial era, the world would tip over into irreversible natural calamities.
The UN secret document shows that the targets rich countries have unofficially claimed they could take are just not enough.
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