Climate change: The planet is heading towards the point of no return Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere break new records

Alongside the political agenda, an equally turbulent climate agenda has been set. The news was known on Wednesday: The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, responsible for global warming, will break a record in 2022. According to what was announced by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization, the planet is showing an increasing trend in the presence of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, which is not being reversed. The information is being exchanged a few days before the 28th Climate Summit, which will be held in Dubai starting November 30. Humanity, at a steady and dangerous pace, is approaching the point of no return.

“Despite warnings from the scientific community, we are still moving in the wrong direction,” he said. Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, an organization that will be led from 2024 by Celeste Saulo, former director of the National Weather Service. “There is no magic wand,” the official added. For the first time in history, Carbon dioxide concentrations exceeded 50 percent compared to the pre-industrial era, the oldest scenario ever recorded. It’s a similar pattern to that of other greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrogen oxide, with levels that will continue to increase in 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization. In 2022, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 417.9 parts per million, that is, methane at 1,923 parts per billion (ppb) and nitrous oxide at 335.8 ppb. What does this data mean? An increase of 150, 264, and 124 percent, respectively, compared to 1750.

“With a 99 percent probability, This year will be the hottest on record, according to various databases“He’s referring to Ines CameloniThe researcher, Conisit, and the representative of Argentina in particular, attended the meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held by the World Meteorological Organization, in which the aforementioned report was presented. He continues: “Emissions are increasing and there is no possibility of reducing them. All hopes are pinned on the climate summit (policeman)This is if governments in Dubai assume the obligation to comply with the Paris Agreement. “So far, although they have set an emissions reduction target, what has been achieved is not in line with achieving the 1.5 degree target.”

Everyone participates and no one commits

Scientists from around the world who join the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change periodically publish reports that, at each opportunity, bring together information supported by thousands of academic articles. Evidence of human influence on the frequency of extreme events (precipitation, drought, accelerated melting of ice, shrinking glaciers, etc.) It’s overwhelming.

Although it The Paris Agreement (signed by 195 countries in 2015) proposed a commitment to reduce emissions and stop temperature increases to 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial era. According to the latest evidence collected, the increase is already expected to exceed 1.15 degrees. . Therefore, this agreed-upon goal seems almost impossible to achieve in the coming decades. Above all, if we take into account the meager efforts made by the world’s most powerful countries to change their energy matrix towards renewable sources.

“From the point of view of scientific evidence, the message is clear: Emissions must be reduced urgently, and the time needed to achieve the proposed targets is running out faster and faster.“Cameloni says.

Denier filter

With the exception of Javier Miley, there are very few voices around the world that oppose scientific evidence. Although there are topics where disagreements are accepted (and even welcomed), The connection between human activity and global warming is undeniable.

When asked by Miriam Bregman, in the presidential debate before the general election in October, the liberal said: “I don’t deny climate change. What I’m saying is that there is a heat cycle in Earth’s history. That is, there is cyclic behavior and this is the fifth point of the cycle. The difference with the previous four is that before that man did not exist and now man does. Therefore, all these policies that blame humans for climate change are wrong. The only thing they are looking for is to raise money to fund lazy socialists who write second rate articles.

But the discussion was no exception. In an interview with Tucker CarlsonAs the Fox News journalist highlighted: “The world has seen other peaks in temperatures as high as we have now. “It is a cyclical behavior, regardless of human presence.” Consistent with his ignorance, in 2021 he spoke to the YouTuber Julian SerranoHe had previously expressed:Global warming is another one of socialism’s lies. 10 or 15 years ago, we discussed that the planet would freeze. Now they argue it’s getting hot“Those who know how to conduct these simulations will see that jobs are imbued with certain standards intentionally to generate fear.”

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