{"id":43045,"date":"2024-10-24t19:07:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-24t19:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?p=43045"},"modified":"2024-10-24t19:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24t19:07:30","slug":"imf-climate-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/imf-climate-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"international monetary fund panel discusses mitigation of climate change impacts ahead of cop29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
by hannah webster<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n washington \u2013 only nine years after the signing of the paris agreement \u2014 a landmark treaty promoting international cooperation to combat climate change \u2014 global carbon emissions are out of line with paris\u2019 global warming targets, the international monetary fund (imf) reported in a staff climate notes report<\/a> this month. they prescribed urgent action to avoid an \u201cemissions cliff edge,\u201d which would make limiting global warming to only 1.5 degrees celsius, and even 2 degrees celsius, unattainable by 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n
the imf report calculated that greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by 25% to meet a 2 degrees target or 50% to reach 1.5 degrees. currently, national targets would result in only a 12% drop in emissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n