In other words, the very challenging numbers in this report are associated with an extremely
ambitious global mitigation transition, one that would actually have a good chance of stabilizing the climate system.
Not exact matches
At the same time, in order to ensure an effective and
ambitious global post-2012 climate regime, all major economies will need to commit to meaningful
mitigation actions to be bound in the international agreement to be negotiated by the end of 2009.
Declare that, irrespective of the effectiveness of
mitigation actions, significant adverse changes in the
global climate are now inevitable and are already taking place, and thus parties to the U.N.F.C.C.C. must also include, in the COP15 outcome document, an
ambitious agreement on adaptation finance which should prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable countries, especially in the near term,
«So despite the uncertainties, the findings clearly demonstrate that there is a large difference in the risk of
global ecosystem change under a scenario of no climate change
mitigation, compared to one of
ambitious mitigation,» says geo - ecologist Sebastian Ostberg, lead author of the third section of the study.
The Paris Agreement was a major step forward for international cooperation on tackling climate change; not only did Parties agree to the
ambitious mitigation goal of limiting average
global temperature increase to well below 2 °C, but they also agreed to a wide array of processes and tools aimed at achieving this goal.
The 2DS continues to be the ETP's central climate
mitigation scenario, recognising that it represents a highly
ambitious and challenging transformation of the
global energy sector that relies on a substantially strengthened response compared with today's efforts.
If nations fail to base their climate change policies on what equity, ethics, and justice require of them on
mitigation of their greenhouse gas emissions and funding for adaptation, losses, and damages, then the
global response to climate change will not likely be
ambitious enough to avoid catastrophic climate impacts while deepening existing injustices in the world.
This may have helped remind developed countries that, as part of their fair share of the
global mitigation effort, they need to support (through finance, technology and capacity building)
ambitious mitigation actions by developing countries.
What we should do is identify the most
ambitious mitigation scenario in AR5 and, based on this, agree a
global budget to 2050, as well as agreed levels of emissions for 2020, 2025 and 2030, all consistent with a reasonable chance of keeping warming below 1.5 C. Subsequently, we should identify a methodology based on historical responsibilities and respective capabilities, and which is adjusted for development needs, to define developed countries» commitments on key issues such as
mitigation and finance for 2020, 2025 and 2030.
UN News Center: Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon welcomed the findings of a long - awaited United Nations report on the
mitigation of climate change released earlier today in Berlin and urged all countries «to act swiftly and boldly» to reach a «
global,
ambitious and legal [climate] agreement in 2015.»