How to save the world in 12 years [climate change

Abstract

What will it take to make the UK compliant with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent report?Vague promises are no longer enough. Action and commitment are needed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated in their 2018 `Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C'. If the world fails to rise to the challenge, global temperatures will likely soar past the relatively safe 1.5°C threshold. The consequences could be severe - extreme heat waves and droughts, mass extinction and a dangerous sea-level rise. Global greenhouse gas emissions must decline by 45 per cent by 2030 compared to 2010 levels, or be firmly on a trajectory to meet this goal, for the Earth's delicate ecosystem to remain at least somewhat in balance, the report said. The problem is that the actions promised by governments at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris would not lead to any reduction in emissions within the next 12 years, according to Joeri Rogelj, a lecturer in climate change and the environment at Imperial College London, and a coordinating lead author of the report.