“Today’s interim report from the UNFCCC is a red alert for our planet,” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
UN Climate Change Chief Patricia Espinosa pointed out that the last 10 years had been the hottest decade in human history. The record rise in temperatures, for example in the Arctic winter and northern Siberia, and dramatic winter weather slamming the traditionally mild southern U.S., were being amplified by the now measurably slowing Gulf Stream in the Atlantic — something that could be irreversible.
“It’s time for all remaining Parties to step up, fulfill what they promised to do under the Paris Agreement and submit their NDCs as soon as possible,” Espinosa said, adding “if this task was urgent before, it’s crucial now.”
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