Decades of rising emissions continued to do what scientists have long warned they would: make the world hotter.
Indeed, the 2010s mark the decade when the impacts from climate change became unmistakable, at least for any objective-minded observer.
Carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, which makes up about 90% of total emissions from human activities, was relatively flat from 2013 through 2016.
However, Fossil-fuel emissions rose an estimated 0.6% to a record 37 billion metric tons in 2019, capping three straight years of growth.
Sea-level rise is accelerating!!
The planet got a lot hotter this decade!!
Most countries have done very little so far to displace the power plants, cars, factories, and buildings polluting the atmosphere with more emissions each year.
In your view, is the world doing enough on climate change?
So far not up to the mark, because still there is no clear common consensus. Remember, until there exit a hidden political agenda, common consensus to deal with climate change will not be feasible cum sustainable. The world still has to go a long way to deal with it.
Dear Azm Shaher Al-Homoud
I think the world is not doing enough except funding. In field, visualization is very less like the cow is in the book but not in the farm. Most of the fund go for consultancy, staff salary, training, travelling, cars etc. etc. Your observation is right, in fact environmental pollution level gradually increasing. Emitting huge CO2 for attending seminar/events on climate change! Thanks to Bhutan the only carbon negative country.
Only conferences and workshops.. very few works on ground level except OTEC, Wind energy, Solar energy taken up by business houses
The advancement and development of human civilization is the major cause of all pollution and climate change. Right now insufficient sustainable technologies are present in the world. Because of that 'no pollution to the environment' for any process (industry/domestic) is a myth. However, a lot of research is going on but I think we are lacking motivation at the implementation step because of profit reduction. Moreover, improper awareness of the people is another challenging concern.
A lot of talk, many people have changed their ways, but basically not much actual progress. Still no hope of getting an electric (non-polluting) car for the average family in North America.
The pollution is galloping along faster than before (due to more cars, engines, airplanes, etc)
What is "killing" us in North America is the tremendous increase in humidity that gives us unprecedented foggy skies during the winter, epidemics of bronchial diseases (the temperature might be zero degrees, but it feels like minus 15 or so due to higher humidity).
I tried to make people aware of the increase in humidity, but only a few people know what humidity is... No hope!
I have seen some successes chalked in recent years. But, there is still more room for improvement especially in the implementation of the sound climate change policies.
So far not up to the mark, because still there is no clear common consensus. Remember, until there exit a hidden political agenda, common consensus to deal with climate change will not be feasible cum sustainable. The world still has to go a long way to deal with it.
All the planets are globally warming! "We can look at all the planets and the Sun and see changes just like we see on earth.../...This is a composite graph of solar activity based on core samples from the Antarctic and the Arctic and what you're seeing is the total amount of sunspot activity this is what it's been doing in the last few years so we're now at the strongest point in 8,000 years since that happened." See upper graph for past data up to now. "Mercury has grown a magnetic field when messenger went by in 2008 that was not seen the 70s with Mariner 10 that's a big change in Mercury" "Venus has had a two thousand five hundred percent increase in this green glow on the night side that you can see there that's active oxygen so the atmosphere of Venus is changing back into something that's breathable"
Interplanetary Climate Changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kdwI4DvGnU
Reviewing news about climate change shows that scientific communications is well affected by climate change, but public awareness in ordinary people seems to be significantly negligible.
"Make no mistake: the #DemDebate plan for climate change is to eliminate more than 1 million jobs in America by eliminating the fossil fuel industry."
Kayleigh McEnany
Humidity increase, Michael Issigonis ? Do you have historical records of this? Could be interesting!
Thank you Thierry De Mees for you valuable contributions. Highly appreciate it.
Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG,
Unfortunately not. As far as the implementation of the principles of sustainable pro-ecological development conducted according to the concept of green economy has been done, little, too little in relation to the needs. A few days ago (February 2020) the world was spreading the news that for the first time in Antarctica the temperature exceeded 20 degrees C. In addition, in the last 50 years the average temperature in Antarctica increased by 3 degrees C. This is further confirmed by climatological studies evidence of an accelerating global warming process and therefore the increasing risks associated with climate change, the increasing risk of climate disasters, etc.
Until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, i.e. until the 17th century, climate change on Earth was basically determined almost exclusively by natural and natural factors. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the impact of industrial development appears, but it is not yet large. However, since the late nineteenth century, the impact of the development of industrialization and, as a consequence, the rapid emission of greenhouse gases has become a major factor in the global warming process. Since the mid-twentieth century, greenhouse gas emissions associated with industrial development have been many times greater than natural sources of nature on Earth. Currently, the scale of development of the industry emitting greenhouse gases is so large that the global warming process has been accelerating significantly since the end of the 20th century. Man is responsible for accelerating the pace of the global warming process.
If the acceleration rate of the global warming process is the highest, i.e. the most negative scenario will be realized by raising the temperature at the Earth's surface by another minimum of about 3 degrees C by the end of the 21st century, then the global armageddon of numerous fires, drought, tornadoes, and also the melting of glaciers, increase volcanic eruptions etc.
The consequence of these weather anomalies and climatic disasters will be huge migrations of people from subtropical areas, where there will be no more living opportunities to areas of the currently moderate climate, which will also change significantly and become a tropical climate. The green areas will decrease significantly, which will result in decreasing oxygen production by the flora in the atmosphere and decreasing CO2 absorption. The areas used for agriculture will decrease, therefore the production of agricultural products and thus the production of food will significantly decrease. There will be serious problems with a lack of drinking water in huge subtropical areas and a significant part of the current temperate climate zones.
Successive rise in temperature in subsequent years will freeze permafrost in Siberia and release huge reserves of methane, one of the components of greenhouse gases. Therefore, the gradually accelerating global warming process will enter a phase of even faster temperature rise, which will no longer be unstoppable. Then the critical level of the temperature increase rate will be exceeded, after which even further pro-ecological reforms may already be late, because the scale of their activities will be very limited.
In addition, global economic and political instability will increase, which may cause an increase in armed conflicts, the purpose of which will be, for example, the fight for access to potable water. This black scenario will come true if greenhouse gas emissions are not quickly reduced and zeroed. In addition to the factor of human civilization development, the global warming process may be accelerated in several dozen years by the increase in solar activity in accordance with cyclical decades, because currently this solar activity is the lowest. However, the greatest impact on the progressing global warming process is the emission of greenhouse gases from energy based on the burning of minerals and the automotive industry also based on the burning of minerals, besides intensive live production on production farms, various industries without any restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, etc. Still it is time for humanity to come to its senses.
The next several years are particularly important. If in the next dozen or so years humanity does not implement pro-ecological reforms in the energy sector and does not switch from classic energy based on the burning of minerals to renewable energy sources and other pro-ecological technological innovations are not implemented on a mass scale, unfortunately for the next generations the present generations of humanity will lead to climate and economic armegeddon at the end of the 21st century. Therefore, there is not much time left for the dissemination and global implementation of the principles of sustainable pro-ecological economic development, i.e. the implementation of pro-ecological technological reforms in many industries in line with the concept of the transformation of classical economics into green economy.
In connection with the faster and faster global warming process, it is necessary to promote the principles of sustainable pro-ecological economic development in the media and in the education system, and to implement these principles in various industries and energy, especially those that are the main emitters of greenhouse gases. In the shortest possible time, all global energy should be switched from classic energy sources based on burning minerals to renewable, ecological energy sources. In addition, it is necessary to develop electromobility, organic farming, recycling, etc. Due to the accelerating global warming process, there is little time to carry out these necessary, pro-ecological reforms. It is estimated that these pro-ecological global reforms should be implemented by about 2030 so that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions proceeds efficiently so that the global warming process can be significantly slowed down.
Which type of energy, including, among others, which type of renewable energy sources will be mainly developing in the future, can be determined by a specific energy policy of the state, the level of state subsidies from public finance funds to support the construction of certain types of power plants, the participation of the private sector in development financing programs enterprises, investment projects in the energy sector, etc. In addition, the level of profitability of electricity production from specific types of energy sources as well as the level of general public awareness regarding the necessity of implementing the principles of sustainable ecological development, including, among others, developed energy are also important factors. In line with the philosophy of replacing classic economics with the green economy formula, in the coming years, first of all, ecological innovations should be developed, among others in the field of development of renewable energy sources.
According to the published and presented results of climatologists' research during the recent UN Climate Summits and Conferences on the problem of the progressing global warming process, if by 2030 at the latest the world does not globally convert classic energy based on burning minerals to renewable energy sources and the automotive industry to electromobility and there will be no proper improvement of segregation by the end of the 21st century, the average temperature at the Earth's surface will increase globally by 3-4 degrees C and the scale of climate disasters and weather anomalies will increase many times relative to the current state.
It is necessary to change the development strategy based on intensifying the exploitation of Earth's resources into a strategy of sustainable development. It is necessary to develop new renewable energy technologies to slow down the progressive greenhouse effect of the Earth, to reduce the risk of emerging dramatic natural disasters. It is necessary to develop eco-innovations while it may not be too late. It is necessary to save the Earth from destruction for future generations.
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
What is your opinion on this topic?
Please reply.
I invite you to discussion and scientific cooperation.
Thank you very much.
Best wishes.
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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