High Imperative... Low Action on Climate Change!

Global warming should be limited to 1.5C, UN climate chief says

Christiana Figueres tells carbon trading conference that the current limit of a 2C temperature rise is 'not enough'

The world should be aiming to limit global warming to just 1.5C instead of the weaker current target of 2C, the United Nations' climate chief said on Wednesday.

Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an audience of carbon traders: "Two degrees is not enough – we should be thinking of 1.5C. If we are not headed to 1.5 we are in big, big trouble."

She said she had the support of the group of about 40 small island states – many of which are in danger of disappearing as sea levels rise – as well as most African countries and other least developed countries

Read full article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/01/christiana-figueres-climate-2c-rise

Partido Kalikasan Commentary:

While negotiators remain hopeful; including the Philippine delegations, to these ongoing global climate talks, nothing so radical that gives indication of coordinated global actions strong enough to bring down the global mean temperature increase to 1.5c is happening. There is high imperative but definitely low action at the level of the global community. While this indecision is happening, local communities and ecosystems are constantly ravage by the ill-effects of climate change; getting worst everyday. Partido Kalikasan chooses to prioritize local actions from climate change adaptation and the necessary governance policy in budget, development program, legislations and institutions to push for sufficient adaptation measures to combat climate change already happening. We are fully aware that from strong adaptation measures, we build our path towards effective mitigation. Taking cognizant that the current responsibility for the mitigation now that will stop and reverse climate change is among the industrialized countries and the fast-growing economies taking the same high-carbon economic path.