Renowned Researchers from Around the World Warn About Climate Conditions

Researchers from the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” have warned that “immediate and broad-based measures” are needed to prevent global warming and dangerous changes in the coming years.

The “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, states that with current conditions and the amount of greenhouse gas production, our planet’s temperature will increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030.

Researchers from the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” who participated in the Incheon meeting in South Korea on Monday, October 7, say that “if the current situation continues,” global warming between 2030 and twenty years after that will “exceed 1.5 degrees.”

What makes their warning more serious is the fact that an increase in global temperature by just one degree Celsius was enough to cause ocean levels to rise dangerously, and floods, storms, and deadly droughts to spread dramatically.

Researchers say they have witnessed these changes in recent years; however, in the current situation, we are moving toward an increase of three to four degrees of warming, which would make many parts of the earth almost uninhabitable.

In the report of the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” it is stated that immediate and broad-based measures are needed to prevent this dangerous increase.

Researchers say that if the set targets for global warming are reduced by half, it would create a significant difference in conditions. This is why they have called for immediate and wide-scale measures. According to scientists, achieving such a goal could reduce severe heat waves and heavy rainfall, and to some extent prevent rising sea levels and melting of polar ice.

Hans-Otto Pörtner, one of the members of the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” said “every fraction of a degree increase in temperature has serious consequences.”

Researchers have called for fundamental changes in policies related to energy, industry and technology, construction, transportation and commuting, cities and urbanization. They say that carbon dioxide produced by humans must be reduced by 45 percent from current levels between 2010 and 2030, in hopes of preventing the widespread dangers that loom ahead.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an intergovernmental body. This group comprises thousands of scientists and researchers who voluntarily contribute to it. The work of this panel is to assess scientific information and reports on climate change resulting from human activities, and the dangers arising from these changes. At the same time, this panel strives to find ways to reduce the risks of this crisis and methods of adaptation to it.

Source: Radio Farda