Today, the annual United Nations climate conference starts. From today and all the way through December 12th, thousands of people – including government leaders and representatives, business officials, scientists, and activists – will gather to discuss and agree on policies aimed at staving off the growing threats of climate change.
This summer, we’ve seen unprecedented global air temperatures and global ocean surface temperatures. And the heat only seems to get more and more intense – with deadly consequences.
If China and the rest of the world’s biggest emitters do nothing, we will fail. But we will also fail if small emitters like Sweden do nothing.
Ahead of the COP26 climate conference, the United Nations warned that the current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the world towards a “catastrophic” 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century.
The climate crisis remained relentless in 2020 and continued seemingly unabashed by the economic effects of the pandemic.