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sachinm on 6 October 2023, 9:26 pm
To get the ball rolling here, we can consider the complexity and challenges that organisations have to face for us to achieve the aims of the Paris Agreement.
The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Its overarching goal is to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”
However, as countries still are struggling to mobilise their political will to achieve their net zero pledges, we need to consider what will happen if the 1.5°C is missed?
At the rate global warming is rising now and with no great actions being taken, the global changes will be drastic for humans and all living creatures. The World Wide Fund (WWF) created this visual infographic to show the possible outcomes, and raise a clarion call to all big companies to step up their climate efforts.
Citation:"The Best Data Viz and Infographics on Climate Change Facts" courtesy of https://visme.co/
Consider the Climate Related risk events that the world saw in 2023 as reported by BBC News...
- UK: 74% of areas in the UK broke heat records, with record temperatures being reached in 72 of 97 areas of the UK where temperature data is collected. The average mean temperature was 15.8C. That eclipsed the previous record by 0.9C and was a significant jump in climate terms.
- Mediterranean: Two long and blistering heatwaves, named Cerberus and Caronte (from ancient Greek mythology) created the tinder-dry conditions for wildfires that swept across the Mediterranean. Between 1 and 25 July, the huge fires in Greece emitted one million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
- China and the Philippines: In July record-breaking torrential rain and ferocious winds, resulted in $15bn economic losses from Typhoon Doksuri. More than one million people were evacuated as winds reached 240km/h (149m/h).
- Hawaiian island of Maui: In August tinder-dry conditions resulted in wildfires on the waterfront town of Lahaina, and led to 388 people dead or missing.
- Canada: 15.6 million hectares burned in Canada wildfires - an area larger than New York state or England. The distinction between this year's fire season, was that it started unusually early in eastern Canada raged in the country’s western province of British Columbia. Fifteen thousand households were ordered to evacuate, while hundreds of miles north, a huge fire threatened the city of Yellowknife in Northwest Territories.
Higher temperatures will make more stronger hurricanes likely in the future as more heat in the oceans creates more energy for storms. It will also make wildfires more powerful, as it fuels the conditions for flames to take hold - by drying out vegetation, causing earlier snow melt and warming ground that was previously too cold for fires.
Given that the effects of Climate Change are already being felt, how can we adapt to anticipate and mitigate the impacts?
To get the ball rolling here, we can consider the complexity and challenges that organisations have to face for us to achieve the aims of the Paris Agreement.
The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Its overarching goal is to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”
However, as countries still are struggling to mobilise their political will to achieve their net zero pledges, we need to consider what will happen if the 1.5°C is missed?
At the rate global warming is rising now and with no great actions being taken, the global changes will be drastic for humans and all living creatures. The World Wide Fund (WWF) created this visual infographic to show the possible outcomes, and raise a clarion call to all big companies to step up their climate efforts.
Citation:"The Best Data Viz and Infographics on Climate Change Facts" courtesy of https://visme.co/
Consider the Climate Related risk events that the world saw in 2023 as reported by BBC News...
- UK: 74% of areas in the UK broke heat records, with record temperatures being reached in 72 of 97 areas of the UK where temperature data is collected. The average mean temperature was 15.8C. That eclipsed the previous record by 0.9C and was a significant jump in climate terms.
- Mediterranean: Two long and blistering heatwaves, named Cerberus and Caronte (from ancient Greek mythology) created the tinder-dry conditions for wildfires that swept across the Mediterranean. Between 1 and 25 July, the huge fires in Greece emitted one million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
- China and the Philippines: In July record-breaking torrential rain and ferocious winds, resulted in $15bn economic losses from Typhoon Doksuri. More than one million people were evacuated as winds reached 240km/h (149m/h).
- Hawaiian island of Maui: In August tinder-dry conditions resulted in wildfires on the waterfront town of Lahaina, and led to 388 people dead or missing.
- Canada: 15.6 million hectares burned in Canada wildfires - an area larger than New York state or England. The distinction between this year's fire season, was that it started unusually early in eastern Canada raged in the country’s western province of British Columbia. Fifteen thousand households were ordered to evacuate, while hundreds of miles north, a huge fire threatened the city of Yellowknife in Northwest Territories.
Higher temperatures will make more stronger hurricanes likely in the future as more heat in the oceans creates more energy for storms. It will also make wildfires more powerful, as it fuels the conditions for flames to take hold - by drying out vegetation, causing earlier snow melt and warming ground that was previously too cold for fires.
Given that the effects of Climate Change are already being felt, how can we adapt to anticipate and mitigate the impacts?
