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IPCC meeting report




by goodeco » 04/05/07, 18:44

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Friday 4 May 2007, 18h10

The world has the technological and financial means to mitigate global warming, according to the IPCC

BANGKOK (AP) - Delegates to the IPCC meeting in Bangkok on Friday approved a report on ways to mitigate global warming, the first global roadmap advocating a series of measures against greenhouse gases to prevent global warming. a disastrous rise in temperatures.

This "summary for policy makers", synthesis of a study of a thousand pages of the International Panel on Climate (IPCC), underlines that the world has the technological and financial means to act in time to limit the impact of global warming. This involves reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) through a range of measures: energy savings in transport and construction, switching from fossil fuels to renewable energies or reforming agriculture.

According to the report, it would be necessary to stabilize the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at 445 parts per million by 2015 to prevent the rise in temperatures from exceeding two degrees Celsius. That is a moderate warming, but that could already lead to water shortages for up to two billion people by 2050 and threaten extinction 20% to 30% of the world's species.

The report was approved after four days of heated debate on the basis of a paper prepared by IPCC Working Group III. According to the delegates, the outcome of the Bangkok meeting shows that arguments that the fight against global warming is too costly, harms the development of poor countries or that there is nothing more to do, are not acceptable.

"If we keep doing what we're doing today we're going to be in big trouble," warns Ogunlade Davidson, co-chair of the group tasked with "finalizing" the report, hailed by delegates as a crucial step forward in the fight against reheating.

The document should pave the way for a more ambitious international agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol on GHG reduction, which expires in 2012. "This is a remarkable step forward," commented Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC.

The United States, the world's largest emitter of GHGs and which rejects the Kyoto protocol, are satisfied that the report "underlines the importance of a set of clean energy technologies in accordance with our line", assured Harlan Watson, head of the American delegation.

But James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, has reservations about emission reduction targets proposed in the report, which he says would lead to "a global recession". "Our goal is to reduce emissions and grow the economy," he said.

At the end of the meeting, delegates felt that scientific reason had outweighed political considerations, including the willingness of China, the world's second largest emitter of GHGs, to water down the text. Beijing, backed by other countries, cited risks for its economic growth. But the report mentions a goal of limiting GHG emissions that the Chinese delegation had contested.

For many delegates, the report's most important message is that it would be possible to mitigate global warming by 2030 for less than 3% of the world's gross domestic product over that period. On the other hand, if it is not slowed down, the phenomenon could eventually reduce the global economy of 5% each year to 20% of its GDP, warned last year a study of the British government.

Environmentalists say the new report shows the international community has the means to fight global warming and must act immediately. "This is a roadmap delivered by the IPCC", underlines Hans Verolme, of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

French President Jacques Chirac welcomed the adoption of the report and called in a statement "the international community to engage resolutely in negotiations to decide on the future of the Kyoto protocol and to reach a new agreement before 2009".

According to Germany, the current president of the European Union, which made climate change a priority at the G8 summit held in June on its soil, the report shows "that ambitious protection of the environment is economically manageable" .

In two previous reports published in early February and April, the IPCC portrayed a disturbing picture of the future, with temperatures that could gain up to 6,4 degrees Celsius in the 2100 horizon and result in catastrophic consequences for humans and humans. environment (sea level rise, disappearance of many species, climatic refugees, etc.).



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