World must face 'inconvenient truth' of emissions rise, says UN climate chief
Figures showing efforts to control emissions have had little effect should not lead to fatalism, says Christiana Figueres
Fiona Harvey
The Guardian
The fastest-ever rise in greenhouse gas emissions, revealed by the Guardian on Monday, is an "inconvenient truth" the world must face, the UN's climate change chief has said. But she added that the data should not lead to fatalism that the problem is impossible to tackle.
The figures showing that efforts to control greenhouse gases have had little effect are likely to stretch already strained relations between developed and developing countries over climate change to breaking point in the next two weeks in rows over who is responsible for the fastest ever rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
Most of the record rise in emissions came from rapidly emerging economies, including China, but there is growing evidence that the west has "exported" billions of tonnes of its emissions by relying on imports from the developing world.
In advance of crucial United Nations climate talks in Bonn next week, the UN's climate chief tried to heal rifts and revive hopes of a breakthrough after news that carbon dioxide emissions from energy are now at record levels despite 20 years of climate negotiations.
(More here.)
Fiona Harvey
The Guardian
The fastest-ever rise in greenhouse gas emissions, revealed by the Guardian on Monday, is an "inconvenient truth" the world must face, the UN's climate change chief has said. But she added that the data should not lead to fatalism that the problem is impossible to tackle.
The figures showing that efforts to control greenhouse gases have had little effect are likely to stretch already strained relations between developed and developing countries over climate change to breaking point in the next two weeks in rows over who is responsible for the fastest ever rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
Most of the record rise in emissions came from rapidly emerging economies, including China, but there is growing evidence that the west has "exported" billions of tonnes of its emissions by relying on imports from the developing world.
In advance of crucial United Nations climate talks in Bonn next week, the UN's climate chief tried to heal rifts and revive hopes of a breakthrough after news that carbon dioxide emissions from energy are now at record levels despite 20 years of climate negotiations.
(More here.)
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