In a series of tweets, Union Minister for Environment, Bhupender Yadav, said that the report is a “clarion call for developed countries to undertake ‘immediate, deep emission cuts and decarbonisation of their economies.”
“The report reaffirms India’s position that historical cumulative emissions are the source of the current climate crisis. Our cumulative and per capita emissions are significantly low and far less than the fair share of global carbon budget,” Yadav added.
The IPCC’s report found that averaged over the next 20 years, global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5°C of warming. The report also states that emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since 1850-1900.
It added that there were “no pathways” to contain global temperature rise to less than 1.5°C in the next few decades without crossing that threshold later. However, it may be possible to bring down global temperatures after crossing that…