{"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 \u201cwe\u2019re in the greatest transition since the last industrial revolution,\u201d said simon stiell, executive secretary of the united nations framework convention on climate change, at an imf climate panel<\/a> in washington, d.c., wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n at the 21st conference of the parties to the un framework convention on climate change (cop21) in 2015, the paris agreement set a target of ideally 1.5 degrees celsius and \u201cwell below\u201d 2 degrees celsius, beginning in november 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n environmental economist and stanford professor charles kolstad, who was not present at the imf panel on wednesday, said it was not surprising that current national contributions were not aligned with the target warming rates. he added that, while the 2 degrees target is helpful in measuring progress, it was a political agreement, rather than a scientific goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cit\u2019s a helpful goal to have,\u201d he said. \u201cjust because they didn\u2019t meet the goal doesn\u2019t mean it didn\u2019t serve its purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cif we don\u2019t achieve 50% by 2030, we\u2019re going to see what we call a \u2018climate cliff,\u2019\u201d imf deputy managing director bo li said at the imf panel. \u201cwe\u2019d have to do dramatic reduction in the next 30 years after 2030, and that might be unbearable for the global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n the panel focused on \u201cmitigation,\u201d or strategies to lessen the destructive impact of climate change. stanford professor rob jackson, who was not present at the panel, said mitigation is essential to \u201cstave off the worst damages of climate change.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n one of the mitigation strategies presented by the report was setting a carbon price of $85 per tonne, which would align emissions with the 2 degrees celsius target. in order to reach the 1.5 degrees celsius target, the price would have to be much higher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n carbon pricing is a strategy that attaches a financial cost to carbon emissions, passing on part of the burden of emissions to polluters and consumers. currently, the imf reports the global carbon price to be only $5 per tonne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n some u.s. states have adopted emission permit programs to indirectly raise carbon prices. climate policies, such as subsidies, can also impact carbon pricing, kolstad said. still, there is no comprehensive federal or international carbon pricing program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201ccarbon pollution is essentially free in the u.s.,\u201d jackson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n during the panel, li suggested that large economies should take the lead on negotiating an international carbon pricing floor, adding that carbon pricing is critical to climate mitigation policy. <\/p>\n\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\nthe paris agreement target<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
mitigation through carbon pricing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
the need for international collaboration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n