‘Atlas of Human Suffering’ Only Matters if Countries Take Ac

‘Atlas of Human Suffering’ Only Matters if Countries Take Ac

Postby Oscar » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:25 am

SPECIAL REPORT: ‘Atlas of Human Suffering’ Only Matters if Countries Take Action

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March 2, 2022 Primary Author: Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer

After two days of absorbing, parsing, and reading analyses of this week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, one conclusion shines through: the compendium that UN Secretary General António Guterres calls an “atlas of human suffering” will only matter if countries take action.

In 3,675 pages [pdf] of relentless science and analysis, more than 270 scientists from 67 countries have told citizens and world leaders what we already knew, in more comprehensive detail than ever before: despite growing public demand for faster, deeper carbon cuts, action on the climate emergency by governments, businesses, and institutions is falling far short of what’s needed.

“Our report clearly indicates that places where people live and work may cease to exist, that ecosystems and species that we’ve all grown up with and that are central to our cultures and inform our languages may disappear,” said IPCC Co-Chair Debra Roberts, head of the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa.

“So this is really a key moment,” she said. “Our report points out very clearly, this is the decade of action if we are going to turn things around.”

Guterres called the report “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership,” showing nearly half of humanity “living in the danger zone” and many ecosystems at the point of no return—right now. “With fact upon fact, this report reveals how people and the planet are getting clobbered by climate change.”

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