Global Warming ‘Could Be’ Total Disaster? We’re Way Past That

Experts agreed in 2015 that if we did not cap global warming at another 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.9 degrees Fahrenheit), the effects will be “catastrophic” and “irreversible”. A panel of UN scientists recently predicted that it is all but impossible for us to meet that goal.

There are no "maybes" about global warming, it's here now!

“If you don’t hang on to that goal, what you’ll achieve is a total disaster,” United Nations Secretary General António Guterres told AP reporters last week. He believes that, despite the odds, enacting transformative measures immediately could prevent some of the most destructive effects of global warming from coming to fruition.

To move in this direction, ‘global warming’ as a topic of discussion and point of concern needs to move from the realm of theoretical and future-oriented conversation into that of current events and action. The worst case scenario of the rapid heating of the planet is happening, now.

Read the VozWire story Kathleen Livingston - “Global Warming ‘Could Be’ Total Disaster? We’re Way Past That.”

Australia’s emissions rising as world 'flat-lines' - Climate Council report

The latest round of United Nations climate talks are taking place in the German city of Bonn this week and next.

The Climate Council says no new fossil fuel power plants should be opened.

The meeting is expected to help set the 'rulebook' that will underpin the Paris climate accord.

The 2015 agreement was seen as a breakthrough in global climate action with nations agreeing to work together to avoid dangerous climate change and limit future warming to 'well below two degrees’.

This morning, the independent non-profit organisation, the Climate Council, is releasing a report which says that to help meet that goal no new coal or gas resources should be developed in Australia.

The report points to government data showing that Australia's emissions have been rising the past two years, while global emissions are ‘flat-lining'.

Listen to the Radio National interview with Professor Will Steffen - “Australia’s emissions rising as world 'flat-lines' - Climate Council report.”