1.5 Degrees of Destructive Warming
The impacts of climate change on different sectors are interrelated. Drought can harm food production and human health, flooding can lead to disease spread and damages to ecosystems and infrastructure, and human health issues can increase mortality, impact food availability, and limit worker productivity. Climate change impacts are evident in every aspect of the world we live in.
Changes in various physical climate conditions are causing a wide range of impacts, and these changes are increasingly being attributed to human activities.
medium
Increase in agricultural & ecological drought and fire compound
likely
Increase in heavy rain fall
very likely
Increase in glacier retreat
most certain
Global sea level rise Upper ocean acidification Increase in hot extremes
How is Climate Change Affecting Ecosystems?
Half of the greenhouse gases humans release linger in the atmosphere, warming our planet. Luckily, the other half finds refuge in natural carbon sinks like land and oceans, providing nature-based solutions to climate change. One such solution, protecting and restoring forests, holds immense potential offering roughly two-thirds of the total mitigation potential of all nature-based solutions combined! Despite ongoing losses, forests still cover over 30% of Earth’s land, offering a crucial opportunity to fight climate change.
A global framework
In 2015, 196 parties signed the Paris Agreement, each outlining their goals (nationally determined contributions – NDCs) to reduce carbon emissions and contain global warming “well below” 2°C.
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement sets out the rules for global trade in greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
The Race to Net-Zero Emissions Requires a Global Effort
91% of global gdp
91% of global GDP have committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
34% of Accenture Global 2000 companies have publicly declared net-zero targets, and this figure is rising rapidly.