‘Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks. …“Not one single nation among you can afford this, as climate disasters rip double digits off GDP,” he said. “To falter whilst megadroughts wreck national harvests, sending food prices soaring, makes zero sense economically and politically. To squabble while famines take hold, forcing millions to flee their homelands – this will never be forgotten as conflicts spread.”’ – An excerpt from a November 10, Guardian published article ‘“It will never be forgiven”: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster’
Ten years ago was made the historic Paris Agreement in which it was decided that efforts will be made to keep the global temperature rise below 2°C, and ideally below 1.5°C.
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