Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Climate scientists maxing out on panic.
Climate change ‘hitting harder and sooner’ than forecast, warn scientists ahead of UN meeting
Updated yesterday at 11:02am
Key points:
- The new report revealed that global temperatures between 2015-2019 were the hottest on record
- It noted carbon emissions in the same period had risen by 20 per cent
- Its authors also warned of the alarming extent of sea-level rise and melting glaciers
A new report published ahead of key UN climate talks has warned the world is falling drastically behind in the race to avert climate disaster, with the five-year period ending in 2019 the hottest on record.
The data, compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says climate change is accelerating, with sea levels rising, carbon dioxide levels increasing and ice sheets melting faster than ever before.
It warned that carbon-cutting efforts have to be intensified immediately and comes ahead of a major UN climate summit in New York on Monday that will be attended by more than 60 world leaders, as secretary-general Antonio Guterres pushes for countries to increase their greenhouse gas reduction targets.
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“This reads like a credit card statement after a five-year-long spending binge,” said Dave Reay, chair in carbon management at the University of Edinburgh.
“Our global carbon credit is maxed out,” he added.
“If emissions don’t start falling there will be hell to pay.“
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-23/climate-change-accelerating-warn-scientists/11537240
The report is available here.
Carbon emissions rising 20% in four years, and still that pesky Arctic icecap refuses to melt.
It must be a real challenge for the climate community, thinking up new scary statements which are even more scary than last year’s scary statements, without accidentally including verifiable claims about consequences which might lead to embarrassment.
The desperation is that they have to force governments to take sufficient action that they can claim to have saved the planet when the temperature doesn’t go up. If not then when the temperature doesn’t go up they’ll look like fools and their lucrative careers will go down the toilet.
If emissions don’t start falling soon, THE CANARY GET IT….STOMP, STOMP.
Harder and earlier means THE THEORY IS WRONG. It did not predict properly and must be re-evaluated to find out what REALLY causes the problem.
I wonder just what “data” was complied?
For my little spot on the globe, I checked the record high for today via the NWS. 92* “set” in 2010. (Ties are not included anymore.)
Then I looked at the records for today I captured in April, 2012 and July, 2012. They did include ties.
There was a change I’d never noticed before.
The record high was still 92* but the April list had the year it was set as 1908 and did not list 2010.
The July list had dropped 1908 and added 2010.
Odd.
“2015-2019”
Gotta make sure we only measure El Nino years.
The reality is that, based on the paleoclimate record and the work done with models, the climate change we have been experiencing is caused by the sun and the oceans over which mankind has no control. Despite the hype, there is no real evidence that CO2 has any effect on climate and there is plenty of scientific rationale that the climate sensitivity of CO2 is zero. It is all a matter of science. There are many good reasons to be conserving on the use of fossil fuels but climate change is not one of them. If the UN really wanted to cut back on the use of fossil fuels they would be pushing nuclear energy to replace fossil fuel burning power plants but they are not doing that.
I don’t know about emissions, but temperatures have been falling for the last 3 years.
Why this sudden UN affinity with Hell ?
– When it comes to sea level rise, “come Hell or high water”, the UN clearly supports Hell.
– UN policy on pumped hydro would require us to be all damed in Hell, although UN policy on wind farms will make sure there is no “bat out of Hell”.
– UN policy on de-industrialising economies suggests they want “all Hell to break loose”.
– We know they want their detractors to “burn in Hell”, yet they rigidly stick to a policy to try and make “Hell freeze over”. You can’t have it both ways.
Whilst their position on hell might be confusion, if there really is hell to pay, my question is who will pay hell ?. After crippling our economies with useless green subsidies that drive up power prices there will be no money to pay anyone. Perhaps instead the UN should “do a deal with the devil” ask ask him for a loan. After all, they are the only ones that want “a snowballs chance” in that place. Although it would be easier on everyone if the UN simply “GO TO HELL” !
“the UN clearly supports Hell.”
Yep.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/currentmembers.aspx
Flight Level September 24, 2019 at 7:04 am
when it’s so hot in Germany that we have to use engine anti-icing from ground up on September mornings?
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Because when there’s so hot Germany days that moisture in the atmosphere can’t dimm blue sky
– then the clear nights gather humidity on tarmac and soil while released heat at TOA flees into solar / outer solar space.
– heatwaves are defined > 3 consecutive day’s with temps higher than 30°C.
– tropical nights are defined night temps not under 20°C.
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heatwaves + tropical nights aren’t bound to come in lockstep.