Hey, incidentally, while China’s concern over climate change has been dropping like a stone, the rate of increase of their carbon emissions has far outpaced global forecasts.
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Separate research undertaken by YouthSight 2 revealed that students have an even higher sense of responsibility than business leaders, with 98% saying they believe they have a responsibility to do something about climate change, and 46% saying they are very concerned about the issue.
-Catholics and people with no religious affiliation are generally more concerned than Protestants about climate change, especially in the United States.
In contrast, the consensus globally is that climate change is a pressing problem, particularly ahead of key climate talks in Paris this year.
A global median of 51 percent think people are already experiencing negative effects of climate change, according to the poll.
Much work has gone into analysing the emissions pledges that countries have made, with branches of the United Nations, the worldwide Energy Agency, the New Climate Economy group, and other independent organisations producing reports on what can be expected if the Paris pledges are fulfilled.
The latest report is based upon surveys of over 45,000 adults in over 40 countries.
“As the world’s nations prepare for climate change negotiations in Paris later his year, it is important for developing countries to negotiate strongly in Paris”.
The report covers 146 countries (including the European Union submitting as a bloc) and up to 88 per cent of global GHG emissions in 2012.
The report represents about 86 percent of all the green house gas emissions in the world and includes submissions of all industrialized countries and about 75 percent of developing countries, UNFCCC executive secretary Christine Figueres said at the report’s launch.
As per her, urgent action is in need to give a response to the challenges climate change pose, but mitigation and adaptation policies must respect the right to food and other basic human rights.
Papyan said that the vulnerable areas in terms of climate change are agriculture, ecosystems and water resources.
The Climate Action Tracker (CAT), an independent, science-based assessment that tracks government action on climate, said Argentina’s targets can be achieved with the current policies and described the country’s plan as inconsistent with the global objective of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius.
In 2014, greenhouse gas emissions from all sources totalled just under the equivalent of 53 billion tonnes of CO2.
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“The studies this year are pretty evenly split, about 50-50, for those that did and did not find a role for climate change in the event’s likelihood or intensity”, said Dr Stephanie Herring, lead editor of the report and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate scientist, in a news conference.
