Director of the International energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, called the time that humanity has to avoid climate catastrophe and prevent a return to previous level of greenhouse gas emissions. According to the expert, the last chance will be lost within six months. This publication reports The Guardian.
According to the IEA, in the next few months the authorities in different countries around the world are planning to spend up to nine trillion dollars to rescue the economy from the crisis caused by the pandemic coronavirus. This will determine the economy for the next three years, and at this time, said Birol, must be taken for a sharp and permanent drop in the level of emissions. Otherwise, the targets of the Paris agreement of 2015 will be unattainable.
Carbon dioxide emissions in April has decreased on average by 17 percent compared to last year, but since then increased again by five percent.
In accordance with the Paris agreement of 2015, nearly 200 countries pledged to limit the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s surface less than two degrees Celsius and, possibly, up to 1.5 degrees Celsius. It is necessary to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels by 7.6 percent annually. However, until now, no serious measures had been taken.
