UN sounds clarion call over 'irreversible' climate impacts by humans

Name: UN sounds clarion call over 'irreversible' climate impacts by humans
Uploaded: 2021-08-09T12:29:44+00:00
Duration: 2 min 57 s
Description: We ignored the warnings, and now it's too late: global heating has arrived with a vengeance and will see Earth's average temperature reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels around 2030, a decade earlier than projected only three years ago, according to a landmark UN assessment published on Monday. Thomas Friang, Director General of the Open Diplomacy Institute, gives his analysis.

Issued on: 09/08/2021 - 14:29

We ignored the warnings, and now it's too late: global heating has arrived with a vengeance and will see Earth's average temperature reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels around 2030, a decade earlier than projected only three years ago, according to a landmark UN assessment published on Monday. Thomas Friang, Director General of the Open Diplomacy Institute, gives his analysis.