Climate at mercy of politics in 2020, experts warn


Political interference: Can the governments of the world find a way out of the narrow, pitfall-filled path to avert disastrous climate change this year? – AFP

2020 is the most crucial year yet for humanity’s plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, experts said, warning that the narrow path to safety was riddled with pitfalls, from the US election to Brexit.

When nations struck the 2015 Paris agreement, which aims to limit temperature rises under 2 degrees Celsius, they agreed on five-year periods in which climate action could be implemented, assessed and boosted.

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