A ‘liveable future’ depends on slashing emissions this decade, major climate report finds

04 April 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Jackerath: Wind turbines stand at the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine, with the Neurath lignite-fired power plant in the background. Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented a comprehensive overview of how man-made climate change can be limited. | Photo by Federico Gambarini/picture alliance via Getty ImagesThe world needs to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half this decade, a landmark new United Nations report urges. To reach that goal, the globe needs to make a speedy shift to clean energy, reduce energy use, and deploy technologies that can trap some of our planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution, the report’s authors say.
“We are at a crossroads. The decisions we make now can secure a liveable future,” Hoesung Lee, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel Panel on Climate Change, said in a press release. “We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming.”
“We have the tools and know-how”
Hundreds of leading climate scientists participated in the report, which outlines what’s needed to avoid all-out climate catastrophe. It boils…

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