Looking at the impact on temperatures, the study finds that with the current policies in place, the world will warm by around 2.8C this century. Mindful of the fact that the world’s attention has been elsewhere since climate diplomats met in Glasgow last year, this week has seen a flurry of reports underlining the fact that climate change hasn’t gone away. There’s just over a week until the next major climate conference, known as COP27, starts in Egypt. The UN acknowledges that achieving massive cuts in emissions is now a tall order. But it points to electricity, industry, transport and buildings as areas where rapid transformations away from fossil fuels can be made. Do you think this will be achieved without poor countries getting finances from the rich nations ?
