UNEP and Greenpeace warn of irreversible cryosphere risks from global heating
What happened
Reports from the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative outlined large-scale and often irreversible impacts to the world's melting ice sheets, permafrost, glaciers, and sea ice. These risks emerge as global temperature approaches an overshoot of the 1.5°C goal set by the Paris Agreement. Greenpeace called on governments at the UN climate change conference COP31 to transition away from fossil fuels and increase climate finance.
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Why it matters
The warnings detail that melting ice is already impacting everyday life through accelerated global sea-level rise, reduced water security, and worsening mountain hazards. The reports emphasize that the impacts of cryosphere overshoot are irreversible in most cases in human relevant time scales.
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Who's involved
- Avinash KumarResearcher from Greenpeace South Asia who reported on the risks of global heating.
- United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations organization that issued reports warning of cryosphere risks.
- Paris AgreementInternational agreement whose 1.5°C warming goal is being approached.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Woodside EnergySpeculative
Woodside Energy could face pressure to reduce investment in fossil fuels due to increased global risk warnings.
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The entities involved
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Avinash Kumar
researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3815-1050)
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United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations organisation