Here\u0027s your weekly roundup of climate change news for the week of Sept. 19 to Sept. 25, 2022.
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Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause of global warming. Check back here every Saturday for a roundup of the latest climate and environmental stories. You can also get up to date B.C.-focussed news delivered to your inbox by 7 a.m. by subscribing to our newsletterB.C.’s gross greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 64.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent . This is a decrease of 0.9 MtCO2e from 65.5 MtCO2e in 2007, the baseline year for emissions reduction targets.
B.C.’s net greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 63.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent This is a net decrease of 2.0 MtCO2e, or three per cent, since 2007.B.C.’s 2030 target: 40 per cent reduction in net emissions below 2007 levels.Canada’s 2030 emissions target: Between 40 and 45 per cent reduction.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.This is the Mauna Loa CO2 data for August, 2022.
The world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target to keep global temperature from exceeding 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, the upper limit to avoid the worst fallout from climate change.On the current path of carbon dioxide emissions, the temperature could increase by as much as 4.4 C by the end of the century.Emissions must drop 7.6 per cent per year from 2020 to 2030 to keep temperatures from exceeding 1.5 C and 2.7 per cent per year to stay below 2 C.
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