”After Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Helene, which hit the south-east of the United States at the end of September, was one of the most destructive climate events ever seen across the Atlantic (with more than 200 deaths and approximately USD 50 billion in property damage to date). Symbolically, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was one of the collateral victims of the disaster. As a result, its temperature readings, which are referenced across the world, temporarily stopped being published. Despite the US thermometer being out of action momentarily, climate change has been continuing nevertheless, with 55 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent emitted every year. These NOAA statistics, which are now once again available, show that global warming is now exceeding the threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels (by convention, the period 1850-1900 […]. Admittedly, 2024, which will see the end of the El Niño episode, may seem atypical, but the underlying trend is no less worrying. Based on the current policies implemented, global temperatures are set to rise by +3.1°C by 2100, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2024[1])”
Accura-advokat stævnet af Boris Frederiksen for 565 mio. kr.
torsdag 14. november 2024
11:55
