Even emissions cuts outlined in the Paris Agreement won’t be enough to prevent an uptick in Arctic temperatures set to raise sea levels across the globe, says a report released by the United Nations this week. According to the report, even if the world were to meet these benchmarks, temperatures in the Arctic would continue to rise by another 3-5 degrees Celsius by 2050. ‘What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic,’ said Joyce Msuya, UN Environment’s Acting Executive Director. ‘We have the science; now more urgent climate action is needed to steer away from tipping points that could be even worse for our planet than we first thought.’ According to the U.N. a drastic temperature shift further imperiling Arctic ice is ‘locked in” The results of that temperature change could spell out drastic reductions in already rapidly waning sea ice and result in changing landscapes across the world. According to the report, an estimated 4 million people are set to be affected by the thaw worldwide. ‘The urgency to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement is clearly manifested in the Arctic, because it is one of the most vulnerable and rapidly changing regions in the… Read full this story
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