During COP 29 (29th UN Climate Change Conference), which is being held in Azerbaijan, Mukhtar Babayev, COP President and Azerbaijan's Ecology Minister, stated that “we are on the road to ruin”.
“And this is not about future problems. Climate change is already here. We need much more from all of you. COP 29 is a moment of truth for the Paris Agreement“, he points out.
According to Babaiev's speech, global warming caused by humans may have reached 1,5º C by the end of 2023, according to data published this Monday (11) in the magazine “Nature Geoscience".
The study takes into the planet's average temperature before 1.700. According to experts, 1,5ºC is the “safe limit”, that is, the average temperature that cannot increase to avoid the climate crisis.
As the months go by, the world has been recording record temperatures. October 2024 was the second warmest October on record, with temperatures 0,80°C above the average between 1991 and 2020.
The year 2024, in fact, could be the first year with a global average temperature higher than the 1,5ºC “safe limit” above pre-industrial levels, according to the European observatory Copernicus.
The latest data released by SEEG (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation System) of the Climate Observatory, indicate that changes in land use were responsible for 46% of gross emissions in 2023, followed by agriculture with 28%, energy with 18% of emissions, waste with 4% and industrial processes and use of products with 0,9% of gross emissions.
Although the energy sector is responsible for around 18% of global emissions, since 2012, more than 58,6 million tons of CO2 have been avoided through the use of solar energy, which represents around 48,2 MW, or 20,2% of the Brazilian electricity matrix, according to the infographic from ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association).
The need to expand the use of clean energy, such as solar energy, is urgent to mitigate the effects of climate change and achieve sustainable development goals.
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