Sentences with phrase «planet at a safe level»

Nearly 200 nations came together to sign a climate treaty in Paris last year, but even their collective efforts to reduce emissions will not be enough to keep the planet at a safe level of temperature rise.

Not exact matches

We suffer deluges in the form of floods, tsunamis and rising sea levels, while at the same time one in six people on the planet do not have access to safe drinking water.

Warming over 2 degrees celsius would have dramatic consequences: the planet's ice sheets would be far more likely to melt, triggering more sea level rise, than at 1.5 degrees, which is considered the safer limit, according to Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a physicist who heads the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany.

CO2 limits won't cool the planet, but they can make the difference between continued accelerating global warming to catastrophic levels vs. slowing and eventually stopping the warming at hopefully safe levels

While the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the commitments submitted by countries represent a significant step in the fight against climate change, the amount of ambition is still insufficient to keep global warming at a level that is safe for the most vulnerable communities and critical ecosystems on the planet.