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The earth burns

'To stop an increase in global temperature of 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, the level of ambition [of policies to combat climate change, ed] must be tripled. And to limit the increase to 1,5 degrees, it must be multiplied by five'(Petteri Taalas, WMO, general secretary).

The average temperature the planet, according to the WMO report, has increased by 1,1 ° C from the pre-industrial period to today. With an extraordinary peak, + 0,2 ° C, in the last five years alone. Heat waves and droughts are identified by experts as'the deadliest weather hazard in the period 2015-2019'. They hit the 5 continents on and off, favoring fires and agricultural losses and therefore socio-economic instability, as well as numerous victims.

The sea rises

'Sea level rise has accelerated and we fear a sharp decline in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, which will aggravate the future rise '(Petteri Taalas, WMO, secretary general).

The sea rises at an increasing rate, + 20% in the five-year period 2014-2019 compared to the previous one. Agriculture thus loses land and freshwater reservoirs to irrigate the fields. Intense tropical storms - also associated with increasing marine waters - meanwhile cause humanitarian catastrophes. As happened in 2019 in the Bahamas and Mozambique, without however the national press dealing with it.

The biggest losses economic factors are also associated with tropical cyclones. In 2017, for example, the hurricane season in the Atlantic was one of the most devastating on record. Over US $ 125 billion in damage was caused by Hurricane Harvey alone. More than 90% of natural disasters are climate-related, denounces the WMO report.

The planet in smoke

Carbon emissions in the atmosphere grew by 20%, in 2015-2019, compared to the previous five years. All thanks to greenhouse gases (Greenhouse Gases, GHGs), not only carbon dioxide but also methane, which is released for 7-8 decades after rainforest fires. Meanwhile, deforestation continues - Asia to Africa, in Central and South America - to make room for GMO palm oil and soybean monocultures, as well as for cattle pastures in Argentina e Brazil.

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Climate Justice

The despots of the planet they follow only the interests of the financial industry, which still bases its economy on carbon. Europe and its Member States continue to do nothing concrete to implement the Paris Agreement against climate change. (2)

The European Union instead, it is pursuing negotiations for free trade agreements with Indonesia, one of the key players in greenhouse gas emissions. And with the USA, which after two years of protests have initiated the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. (3)

'So that the man from being a parasite of the planet you become the keeper and builder of the earth, it is necessary to promote an ethic of justice, of thriftiness, of condemning enrichment at the expense of others. The ecological question is a moral question'(Antonio Cederna)

The responsability therefore it belongs to all of us. As voters, in order not to demand concrete actions from politics for the tbenefits the planet and our health. And as consumers, we have a moral duty to favor sustainable options for real.

Dario Dongo and Sabrina Bergamini

Note

(1) World Meteorological Organization. (2019). Global Climate in 2015-2019: Climate Change Accelerates

(2) He Paris Agreement was adopted in December 2015, at the 21st UN Conference on Climate Change (United Nations Climate Change Conference), known as COP 21. In the broader context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Paris Agreement entered into force in November 2016, with the idea of developing a global transition strategy towards a low-carbon society. On 1.7.17, however, after his inauguration as president of the USA, Donald Trump announced his will to withdraw from the Agreement

(3) See Yong-Xiang Zhang et al. (2017). The withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreement and its impact on global climate change governance. Advances in Climate Change Research, Vol. 8, Issue 4, December 2017, Pages 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2017.08.005

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