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Occasional Thoughts on Climate Change
LibertyBell replied to donsutherland1's topic in Climate Change
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cop27-world-track-increase-emissions-106-by-2030-un-report-2022-10-26/ This is only if the nations keep their current pledges It could be far worse than this. LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - If countries fulfill their current climate commitments, global greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 10.6% by 2030 compared to 2010 levels, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says a 43% reduction in emissions by 2030 is needed to limit warming to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. With world leaders expected to gather in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt for the COP27 climate summit from Nov. 6, experts said more action was urgently needed.ister now Advertisement · Scroll to continue Report an ad "At the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow last year, all countries agreed to revisit and strengthen their climate plans," said Simon Stiell, executive secretary of UN Climate Change in a statement. "The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP26 is disappointing." These include Bolivia, Vanuatu and Uganda, as well as the large emitter nations of India and Indonesia. The latter, which sees most emissions come from deforestation and peatland clearance, now says it will cut emissions levels by at least 31.89% by 2030. Globally, inadequate pledges put the world on a path to warm by 2.5C by 2100. Still, a 10.6% increase in emissions represents slight progress. Last year's UN assessment found countries were on track to up emissions by 13.7% by 2030. -
but that is only against the newer normals?
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the sun is out here!
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the warmest in our area!
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Yep I had the fan on all day. Loved the sun though.
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I turned on the fan
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Don, how warm did Farmingdale, KFRG get?
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with all this warmth how is it that October will end up below normal? October wasn't that cold (we didn't have any temps below 40)
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nothing beats the sun!
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Wow I wonder if anyone around here hits 80. I see there are widespread 80s to our west, I was wondering if that would get here if the sun broke out.
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I got my wish-- it's been sunny for hours here. But the humidity is high so it feels like a sauna lol
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I wish we'd get that here, still socked in.
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Walt, I was hoping you'd have more sunshine in the forecast lol. I hate these inconsequential tropical lows that gum up the works and slow everything down.
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Might be more like a 2020-21 kind of winter. ENSO only has a 15-20 percent influence on our weather after all.
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Yup, there's a list of el ninos that were among our worst snowfall winters of all time, 72-73 and 97-98 being among them.
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Our locals like Lee Goldberg explained that enso only has a 15-20 percent influence on our weather. He compared how different the 20-21 and 21-22 la ninas were from each other.
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I'd rather that wait until December, a mild November followed by a cold December is a really good sign for winter isn't it? I wonder if October will finish right near normal?
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Looks like November will flip back to warmer than normal, Don?
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I saw we had only moderate air quality, which I thought was puzzling. There must be a fire burning somewhere and we got the smoke from it.
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a pinhole? how are they getting pumpkins to be this huge? I remember a few years ago we didn't even have a 1000 pound pumpkin.
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The only earthquake I ever remember feeling over here was the big one back in August 2011 a week before Irene hit. I enjoyed that, hope we have it again sometime. It was a nice 5.8
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Looks like October may finish right at or near normal, Don?
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lol this in winter would cause some headaches
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Having it be cloudy for 3-4 days is bad enough
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Was that why we didn't go below zero in 2004? I thought we had a shot that winter. 2015 was another winter where it was super cold -- I guess the cold just came in too late (February vs January)? Then again we somehow went below zero in February 2016 on Valentines Day in the middle of a mild winter lol
