Tory tsar warns of climate catastrophe whilst backing fossil fuels
"Human behaviour is alarmingly accelerating global warming," he said, whilst defending allegations that he flew to 30 countries in seven months.
"Human behaviour is alarmingly accelerating global warming," he said, whilst defending allegations that he flew to 30 countries in seven months.
It will contain warnings of how soon global temperatures could rise 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – a limit that countries have pledged to avoid breaching because of the dangerous consequences for humanity.
Scientists believe the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could have reached a point of “almost complete loss of stability” over the last century.
Some of the most egregious production practices in intensive animal agriculture still exist in Mexico and Brazil, experts have warned.
The UK was battered with almost a month’s worth of rain in a day on Sunday, with homes, roads and Tube stations flooded in the south of England.
“The latest UK Climate Projections show a hot summer like 2018 is likely to occur every other year by 2050, by which time the number of heat-related deaths could more than triple from today’s level in the absence of additional adaptation,” the report read.
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