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Editor’s Note

IPCC warning on global climate

change can’t be taken lightly

When the nation is witness to an United Nations dedicated to providing the world with
epoch making movement #MeToo, a scientific view of climate change, its warning can’t be
attention of most media world is taken lightly because world’s climate scientists have
riveted towards that. And in the spoken that we must limit the human-induced global
melee, the latest earth shaking re- warming to 1.5C. As efforts to roll back emission levels
port of Intergovernmental Panel in third world countries would jeopardies their growth,
on Climate Change (IPCC) released the developing nations expect funds from developed
in October 2018 has gone almost un- countries for carrying out changes in their projects to
reported in media. Tehelka editorial focuses check carbon emissions. So the message is clear, the
on the IPCC warning that global temperatures are set effluent needs to compensate because when global
to rise above pre-industrial levels by 3 degrees C. Rise warming brings misery, it would be equitable affect-
of temperature by that level will not only result in ing both developed and under developed economies.
disappearance of many insects and plants but would India is part of Paris commitment and it has already
threaten the very existence of island nations like Mal- announced installation of 175 gigawatts of renewable
dives, Miami, Shanghai by shrinking the coastline caus- power by 2022. These and other mitigation steps would
ing drought in many parts of the world by leaving the require massive funds. Our planet is staring at misery
many cities below sea level. The global temperature for and its time for rich nations to pitch in with funds to
August 2018 was the fifth highest August temperature compensate third world nations. US President Donald
since global records began in 1880 while nine of the ten Trump had announced to pull out of 2015 Paris Agree-
warmest August global land and ocean surface tem- ment on climate change saying that “The Paris accord
peratures have been reported since year 2009. The last will undermine the US economy and put it at a perma-
five years from 2014 to 2018 have been a witness to five nent disadvantage while withdrawal would help Amer-
warmest August on record. The 1.5C threshold was set ican businesses and workers”. However, pulling out of
at Paris because scientists feared that a world warmer Paris Accord would not help. There is need for rich na-
than that would precipitate greater drought, habitat tions to open up purse strings to stop the inevitable.
loss, food insecurity and mass migration. The manag-
ing director of International Monetary Fund, Christine
Lagarde had commented “Make no mistake: without
concerted action, the very future of planet is in peril”.
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