di Ermete Realacci
“Domani, grazie anche alla firma dell’Italia e dell’Europa, entra in vigore in anticipo sul previsto e prima dell’avvio della COP22 di Marrakech l’Accordo sul clima di Parigi. Una svolta storica nella lotta ai mutamenti climatici, una scelta necessaria per salvare il futuro ma anche per rilanciare la nostra economia e la nostra societa’ in chiave piu’ green.
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The world is in a new era of “climate change reality”, with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reaching a symbolic threshold which it will not fall below for many generations, scientists have said. In 2015, for the first time, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were at 400 parts per million (ppm) on average across the year as a whole, the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) annual greenhouse gas bulletin reveals.
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The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said today in a new report. Agriculture, including forestry, fisheries and livestock production, generate around a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture must both contribute more to combating climate change while bracing to overcome its impacts, according to The State of Food and Agriculture 2016.
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Non sempre la politica e i negoziati internazionali arrivano per ultimi, davanti alle sfide del nostro tempo. L’opinione pubblica oggi fatica a mobilitarsi sui grandi temi dei Cambiamenti climatici e dell’ambiente globale: nonostante l’impegno degli ecologisti e degli scienziati addetti ai lavori, i cittadini appaiono più preoccupati da stagnazione economica ed occupazione.
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The value of emission credits will probably increase after a United Nations climate meeting next month, according to a law firm specializing in clean energy and the environment. Envoys will work to set rules for how existing credits can become usable under the Paris climate deal, which comes into effect on Nov. 4 after being ratified before schedule, said Lisa DeMarco, a senior partner at DeMarco Allan LLP in Toronto, who predicted the market’s collapse four years ago.
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