The Observer view on Ukraine and the climate emergency | Observer editorial
by Observer editorial from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WT0Z)
The crisis must not become a reason to drop our commitment to net zero target
The report last week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the need to adapt to global warming made stark, unpleasant reading. Described by the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, as an atlas of human suffering", it revealed that billions of people now live in parts of the world where they are highly vulnerable to climate change.
Death tolls from droughts, floods and storms are destined to increase in these regions as extreme heat events and inundations become more frequent. Only urgent action today can halt the worst impacts and prevent a global calamity, argued the IPCC.
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