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Most pollution control boards non-transparent: Centre for Science and Environment

A majority of India`s pollution control agencies remain closed entities when it came to sharing information with the public with a mere handful of India`s pollution control boards and authorities are adequately putting out environmental and governance information into the public domain, a new rating study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found on Thursday. For calculating the Transparency Index and rating of pollution control boards on public disclosure – as the study is titled – the CSE assessed the data disclosure performance of 29 state pollution control boards (PCBs) and six pollution control committees from across the country. Of these, only 17 boards and committees scored 50 per cent or above. These are from Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Goa, Karnataka, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. “Governance and functioning-related data remains paper-bound: Information on functioning, actions taken by a board against polluting industries, public hearing data on new projects etc are rarely disclosed or remain difficult to access on the websites,” CSE said in a release here. “State PCBs are entrusted with several functions under the provisions of the Water Act, 1974; Air Act, 1981; Water Cess Act, 1977; and various rules and notifications issued under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. One of these functions under Section 17(C) of the Air and Water Acts is to collect and disseminate information related to air and water pollution and also about its prevention, control or abatement. The law asks the boards to share the data in public domain. But this is rarely done in practice,” said programme director, Industrial Pollution Unit, CSE, Nivit Kumar Yadav. Key findings of the report: Only 12 states have shared their latest annual reports on their websites: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal have shared annual reports of the year 2019-20; Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have shared annual reports of the year 2018-19 (which could be termed as the latest considering the COVID-19 situation in 2020). No initiative has been taken by 11 SPCBs/PCCs of the following states and Union territories in sharing their annual reports — Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, J&K, Jharkhand, Manipur, Andaman & Nicobar, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry and Nagaland. The CSE study also found that the SPCB/PCCs have been protective of industries when it comes to non-compliance: Out of 35 SPCBs/PCCs, only five have shared soft copies of directions and show cause/closure notices issued on their websites – these are from J&K, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Only five boards – Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Tripura and Uttarakhand – have shared minutes of their board meetings on their websites: It is mandatory for SPCBs to meet at least once every three months. Board members in these meetings are supposed to discuss issues related to the functioning of the board, action plans, compliance and monitoring, and devising innovative methods to improve enforcement of laws. Only five SPCBs have shared information on inspection conducted by the boards: The PCBs of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shared this information in their annual reports. Only nine SPCBs/PCCs have provided detailed information on public hearings, which include the executive summary, draft EIA report of the project, and minutes of the meeting. The states represented are Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Goa and Mizoram, the study said. “For this study, CSE collected data from two sources — websites of SPCBs/PCCs and their annual reports. The study has evaluated the information shared by SPCBs/PCCs during the last four to five years (2016-21) and uses 25 indicators that provide a broader assessment on the type and amount of information shared. A few key indicators used in the study include the availability of information on direction/show cause/closure notices issued by boards, information on public hearings and EIA reports, non-attainment cities and polluted river stretches etc,” programme officer, Industrial Pollution Unit, CSE, and author of the study Shreya Verma said. Limited data on current pollution levels: Data indicating the current pollution levels – air pollutants, waste etc – the basic indicators of environment health, is missing. Most boards display inadequate data, indicating no trends. More so, even details on upcoming projects and grievances of the general public of the locality are hardly displayed. Only 19 SPCBs/PCCs are displaying their CEMS data: This, even after a statutory obligation to do it, as per a Supreme Court order (February 22, 2017) and an environment ministry directive (GSR 96E January 29, 2018). The states from where these PCBs/PCCs come are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Of these 19, just five PCBs/PCCs display historical CEMS data. Laxity in sharing information on solid waste: Fourteen SPCBs/PCCs do not share any information on municipal waste generation; 11 on plastic waste generation; 10 on hazardous waste; and nine on e-waste. “We also found a lack of uniformity in displaying data. For instance, all the SPCBs/PCCs surveyed have different formats for their websites, which makes accessing information quite difficult. Similarly, there is no format for annual reports, hence, the information available varies from board to board,” Verma said. Asserting that “improving transparency is a `must` when it comes to state pollution control boards,” Nivit added, “Putting in the public domain the crucial pollution-related information, data and details of actions taken is critical – it can help policy-makers take the discussions to the next level of pollution management, and it can also reassure the people about efficiency of these boards and committees. SPCBs and SPCCs, therefore, must focus urgently to become more transparent by putting out data and improving the quality of their outreach for public engagement.”

Most pollution control boards non-transparent: CSE

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A majority of India’s pollution control agencies remain closed entities when it came to sharing information with the public with a mere handful of India’s pollution control boards and authorities are adequately putting out environmental and governance information into the public domain, a new rating study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found on Thursday. For calculating the Transparency Index and rating of pollution control boards on public disclosure – as the study is titled – the CSE assessed the data disclosure performance of 29 state pollution control boards (PCBs) and six pollution control committees from across the country. Of these, only 17 boards and committees scored 50 per cent or above. These are from Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Goa, Karnataka, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. “Governance and functioning-related data remains paper-bound: Information on functioning, actions taken by a board against polluting industries, public hearing data on new projects etc are rarely disclosed or remain difficult to access on the websites,” CSE said in a release here. “State PCBs are entrusted with several functions under the provisions of the Water Act, 1974; Air Act, 1981; Water Cess Act, 1977; and various rules and notifications issued under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. One of these functions under Section 17(C) of the Air and Water Acts is to collect and disseminate information related to air and water pollution and also about its prevention, control or abatement. The law asks the boards to share the data in public domain. But this is rarely done in practice,” said programme director, Industrial Pollution Unit, CSE, Nivit Kumar Yadav. Key findings of the report: Only 12 states have shared their latest annual reports on their websites: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal have shared annual reports of the year 2019-20; Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have shared annual reports of the year 2018-19 (which could be termed as the latest considering the COVID-19 situation in 2020). No initiative has been taken by 11 SPCBs/PCCs of the following states and Union territories in sharing their annual reports — Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, J&K, Jharkhand, Manipur, Andaman & Nicobar, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry and Nagaland. The CSE study also found that the SPCB/PCCs have been protective of industries when it comes to non-compliance: Out of 35 SPCBs/PCCs, only five have shared soft copies of directions and show cause/closure notices issued on their websites – these are from J&K, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Only five boards – Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Tripura and Uttarakhand – have shared minutes of their board meetings on their websites: It is mandatory for SPCBs to meet at least once every three months. Board members in these meetings are supposed to discuss issues related to the functioning of the board, action plans, compliance and monitoring, and devising innovative methods to improve enforcement of laws. Only five SPCBs have shared information on inspection conducted by the boards: The PCBs of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shared this information in their annual reports. Only nine SPCBs/PCCs have provided detailed information on public hearings, which include the executive summary, draft EIA report of the project, and minutes of the meeting. The states represented are Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Goa and Mizoram, the study said. “For this study, CSE collected data from two sources — websites of SPCBs/PCCs and their annual reports. The study has evaluated the information shared by SPCBs/PCCs during the last four to five years (2016-21) and uses 25 indicators that provide a broader assessment on the type and amount of information shared. A few key indicators used in the study include the availability of information on direction/show cause/closure notices issued by boards, information on public hearings and EIA reports, non-attainment cities and polluted river stretches etc,” programme officer, Industrial Pollution Unit, CSE, and author of the study Shreya Verma said. Limited data on current pollution levels: Data indicating the current pollution levels – air pollutants, waste etc – the basic indicators of environment health, is missing. Most boards display inadequate data, indicating no trends. More so, even details on upcoming projects and grievances of the general public of the locality are hardly displayed. Only 19 SPCBs/PCCs are displaying their CEMS data: This, even after a statutory obligation to do it, as per a Supreme Court order (February 22, 2017) and an environment ministry directive (GSR 96E January 29, 2018). The states from where these PCBs/PCCs come are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Of these 19, just five PCBs/PCCs display historical CEMS data. Laxity in sharing information on solid waste: Fourteen SPCBs/PCCs do not share any information on municipal waste generation; 11 on plastic waste generation; 10 on hazardous waste; and nine on e-waste. “We also found a lack of uniformity in displaying data. For instance, all the SPCBs/PCCs surveyed have different formats for their websites, which makes accessing information quite difficult. Similarly, there is no format for annual reports, hence, the information available varies from board to board,” Verma said. Asserting that “improving transparency is a ‘must’ when it comes to state pollution control boards,” Nivit added, “Putting in the public domain the crucial pollution-related information, data and details of actions taken is critical – it can help policy-makers take the discussions to the next level of pollution management, and it can also reassure the people about efficiency of these boards and committees. SPCBs and SPCCs, therefore, must focus urgently to become more transparent by putting out data and improving the quality of their outreach for public engagement.”

IPCC climate report vindicates our 'Polluter Pays' stand, says govt

The report has estimated that under all growth scenarios, the planet's warming level will touch 1.5 degree Celsius The latest report on climate change vindicates the stand that India has taken since 2015, namely, that the developed world should pay for the damage caused by its industrialisation and not commit poorer countries to similar targets on reducing carbon emissions. Indian officials and ministers believe that the report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) supports the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle espoused by India. “Developed countries have usurped far more than their fair share of the global carbon budget,” said Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in a statement. “Reaching Net Zero alone is not enough, as it is the cumulative emissions up to Net Zero that determines the temperature that is reached. This has been amply borne out in the IPCC report.” Released on Monday, the IPCC report blamed historical human behaviour for the current extreme climate - which has already caused some devastating flooding and fires - rather than natural causes. Yadav said this supported India’s view that historical cumulative emissions are the source of the climate crisis that the world faces today. ALSO READ: 45% of EU firms report investments to address climate change: Survey The report has estimated that under all growth scenarios, the planet’s warming level will touch 1.5 degree Celsius. Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1 degree Celsius of warming since 1850-1900. Over the next 20 years, the global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5 degree Celsius above the normal range, said the report authors. In 2015 at the Paris COP21, India committed itself to sourcing 40 per cent of its energy demand from renewable sources as part of its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). It also said it would reduce the emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030. Government officials said India is well on its way to meet its INDC targets. “As of 2016, India’s emission intensity to GDP is 24 per cent. We have 14 years to meet the 33-34 per cent intensity and we will meet that. Second, the INDC of our renewable energy capacity has touched 38 per cent (including hydro) and we will touch 40 per cent soon,” said a senior Environment Ministry official. Another added “India need not do much more than what we have already committed”, explaining that India was close to its targets because of several initiatives. ALSO READ: A warning to India “India will add 450 GW of renewable energy target by 2030. We are giving an aggressive push to green hydrogen as a fuel. India has already commenced one of the largest programmes for greening the agriculture power supply through the PM-KUSUM scheme,” said another official. At various junctures, both the Power and Environment ministries have said that India will not declare Net Zero target. Net Zero means that there is balance in the carbon emissions versus the emissions saved. Net negative emissions mean saving is more than emitting. China has announced it will achieve Net Zero before 2060 and the UK has kept 2050 as the target. chart India’s stand is that it is the industrialised world, not developing countries, who should have Net Negative targets and moreover they should finance the green energy targets of India and other developing countries. “The developed world has occupied 80 per cent of the carbon space already. Now you have to give space to others to develop, for instance, 800 million people are still without electricity in Africa. You can’t say you come to net zero – no, sorry. These countries have to develop and that development will need steel, cement etc. You can’t stop them,” said R K Singh, who heads the Power Ministry and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in April at an event organised by the International Energy Agency. Consequently, for the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow during November, India has no plan to announce any Net Zero target. Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment agreed that India will emit less than the US or China but urged the government to take active steps to avoid a climate crisis. “The government is sanguine about doing more than other countries in terms of comparable action to reduce CO2 emissions. We have no measurable targets to reduce emissions. Our NDC is to reduce not absolute emissions but the emission intensity of our economy,” said Narain. The global crisis was an opportunity for India, she said, to change its development policies to limit climate change. “We need to reinvent the way we do things, from mobility to building houses, to access to affordable energy. For us, action on climate change comes out of self-interest and co-benefits,” she said.

UN Body’s Climate Change Report Flags Code Red Warning: What Does It Mean?

The report, “Climate Change 2021”, from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns of ‘code red’ for humanity. The IPCC, in its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), estimates that under all growth scenarios, the planet’s warming level will reach 1.5 degree Celsius. The report shows that emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1 degree Celsius of warming since 1850-1900. Over the next 20 years, global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5 degree Celsius above normal range, it says. UN Secretary-General António Guterres was the one to describe the report as “a code red for humanity.” Also Read; Juhi Chawla Breaks Her Silence On 5G Lawsuit According to the report, major climate occurrences such as heatwaves, droughts, floods and thinning of glaciers are now indisputably linked to human behaviour, not natural causes. “It has been clear for decades that the Earth’s climate is changing, and the role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed,” said IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte. “Yet, the new report also reflects major advances in the science of attribution – understanding the role of climate change in intensifying specific weather and climate events such as extreme heat waves and heavy rainfall events.” 195 countries had adopted the agreement to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, and preferably below 1.5 degrees Celsius at the last climate conference in Paris back in 2015. The 1.5 degrees Celsius hike would mean increased and more intense heat waves, longer summers and shorter winters. Ultimately, this would impact the water cycle, and thereby the rains, glaciers melting and sea levels. There is also alarming news for India in the report. The surface of the Indian Ocean has warmed faster than the global average, said the report with “very high confidence”. Coastal areas of the Indian sub-continent stand at the risk of climate-related mishaps with rising water levels. Rising carbon dioxide levels have also increased the acidification of oceans, globally. The report adds, again with “high confidence”, that warming has occurred in the Himalayas (along with the Swiss Alps and the Central Andes) and has increased with altitude. Such elevation-dependent warming could lead to faster changes in the snowline, the glacier equilibrium-line altitude and the snow/rain transition height, it says. “Given that India is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, we must recognise that even geographically faraway climatic changes can have consequences for our monsoons and intensity of extreme events,” said Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science & Environment, said, “Technically, India is the third-highest annual carbon dioxide polluter in the world. But the scale of our contribution is so insignificant that it cannot be compared.” However, she added, it’s in the best interest of India to take steps to combat climate change – “at speed and at scale.” IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair Panmao Zhai added, “Stabilising the climate will require strong, rapid and sustained reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and reaching net-zero CO2 emissions. Limiting other greenhouse gases and air pollutants, especially methane, could have benefits both for health and the climate.” Ghosh said, “Our focus should be on building climate-resilient physical and digital infrastructure along with inculcating social and behavioural changes in citizens and communities.”

2 डिग्री के पार न होने पाए पृथ्वी का तापमान, नहीं तो बन सकती है प्रलय जैसी स्थिति |

आज FYI का टॉपिक है बहुत दिलचस्प। जलवायु परिवर्तन पर आने वाली हर रिपोर्ट केवल एक ही बात कहती है - ‘2 डिग्री के पार ना होने पाए’ आख़िर क्या है ये 2 डिग्री जलवायु परिवर्तन सीमा? क्या हो जायेगा अगर पृथ्वी का तापमान गया 2 डिग्री के पार? साहिबा ख़ान ने बात की अवंतिका गोस्वामी से जो Centre for Science and Environment में Climate Change प्रोग्राम की Deputy Programme Manager हैं। अवंतिका ने हमारे हर सवाल का सरल भाषा में जवाब दिया है। IPCC की नई रिपोर्ट आयी है जिसमें वैज्ञानिकों ने सभी देशों को उनके carbon-emission कम करने के लिए कहा है। भारत जो दुनिया में carbon-emission में तीसरे स्थान पर है, उसे भी कहा गया है कि 2050 तक ये शून्य होने चाहिए। हालांकि भारत का इस पर दो टूक जवाब कुछ और ही है। क्या कहा भारत ने, कैसे कम होंगे ये carbon-emission और क्या बचा पाएंगे हम अपनी पृथ्वी को: जानिये आज के FYI में

Climate change: IPCC warns India of extreme heat waves, droughts

India will likely face irreversible impacts of climate change, with increasing heat waves, droughts and erratic rainfall events in the coming years if no mitigation measures are put in place, experts warn. India will suffer more frequent and intense heat waves, extreme rainfall events and erratic monsoons, as well as more cyclonic activity, among other weather-related calamities, in the coming decades, a report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned on Monday. The report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, is the first part of IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) — its latest evaluation of the state of Earth's climate and the impact on the planet and various life forms. "Heat extremes have increased while cold extremes have decreased, and these trends will continue over the coming decades," the report said regarding the Indian subcontinent. Experts say India, and South Asia in general, is particularly vulnerable to climate change. "The threat of climate change is real — dangers are imminent and the future is catastrophic. This message from the IPCC report confirms what we already know and can see in the world around us," said Sunita Narain, an environmentalist and director of the Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment. "From wildfires because of extreme heat and moisture loss to devastating floods because of extreme rain events, and tropical cyclones because of the changing temperatures between the sea and land surface, it should worry us," Narain said. Climate changes affecting India hard Climate change has already hit India hard, causing huge economic and social losses in recent years. This year, for instance, India has witnessed severe floods, cloudbursts and landslides in several states across the country, causing death and destruction. "This year's monsoon was more erratic with the rainfall intensity increasing in short durations causing damage to property and human life," Ravi Shankar Najundiah, director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, told DW. Experts say heavy rain events have increased threefold since 1950, but total precipitation has declined and at least a billion people in the South Asian country currently face severe water scarcity for at least one month annually. And heat waves have become more common and severe, with many cities reporting temperatures above 48 degrees Celsius (118.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in 2020. In a study published by The Lancet Planetary Health journal last month, researchers concluded that nearly 740,000 excess deaths in India annually could be attributed to abnormal hot and cold temperatures related to climate change. Meanwhile, weather-related calamities and crises are slowing the pace of poverty reduction and increasing inequality nationwide. Furthermore, should the average global temperature rise by 1 degree Celsius (1.8 F), the resulting decline in agricultural productivity, rise in sea levels and negative health outcomes are projected to cost India about 3% of its GDP, according to a report published last month by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) think tank. "Given that India is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, we must recognize that even geographically faraway climatic changes can have consequences for our monsoons and intensity of extreme events," Arunabha Ghosh, CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, said in a statement. "Our focus should be on building climate-resilient physical and digital infrastructure along with inculcating social and behavioural changes in citizens and communities." 'Headed towards further climate disaster' Experts say Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government should act swiftly and put in place necessary measures to tackle climate-related challenges. Chandra Bhushan, CEO of International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology, said the situation would only worsen if the Indian government did not act faster and decisively. "This is a warning for our economy and human life. Things that were predicted to happen far later in the future are now expected to happen much sooner, including intense heat waves, monsoon disruptions, cloud bursts and extreme rain," Bhushan told DW. Sumaira Abdulali, environmentalist and founder of the NGO Awaaz Foundation, has a similar view. "In theory, the problems of climate change are unmistakable and well acknowledged, but in practice, in the face of development imperatives, we have not learned any lessons at all despite all types of climate-related catastrophic events," the expert told DW. "We seem clearly headed towards further climate disaster."

Stricter emissions rules will hit car sales, says Maruti Suzuki chairman

Automakers last week urged the government to defer tougher emissions standards India’s biggest automaker has warned that strict European-style emissions rules due to start next year will force up car prices, dealing another blow to an industry that was in a slump even before the pandemic hit. “Demand will fall further, and instead of any growth there will be a decline in the industry,” Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Chairman R.C. Bhargava said in an interview. “The industry view is that it’s already suffering a decline because of Covid, and on top of that we add further to the cost of vehicles because of new regulations.” Automakers last week urged the government to defer tougher emissions standards, which are due to be implemented in two stages in April 2022 and then in 2023. The changes will require carmakers to cut emissions about 13% to 113 grams a kilometer. The emissions curbs are critical for India’s push to tackle some of the world’s worst air pollution, which costs the country 8.5% of its gross domestic product, according to the World Bank. By 2025, India will have up to 20 million old vehicles nearing the end of their lives, causing huge environmental damage, according to the Centre for Science and Environment. However, the changes come at a tough time for the auto industry, which was just beginning to to recover from its worst-ever slowdown before the Covid outbreak again dented demand. Passenger vehicle sales fell 2% and overall production declined 14% in the year ended March 2021, according to the latest figures from the Society of India Automobile Manufacturers. Automakers are also grappling with a semiconductor shortage and higher raw material costs as commodity prices surge. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., which makes sports utility vehicles, will increase prices if commodity prices climb further, Chief Executive Officer Anish Shah said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Wednesday. Any increase in car prices could deter India’s price-sensitive drivers. Just 5% of cars sold are priced above 1.5 million rupees ($20,000). The nation’s per capita income of only $2,000 a year puts cleaner, but more expensive, electric cars beyond the reach of most consumers, Bhargava said. It will be difficult for automakers to pour resources into the new technology considering the industry invested as much as 900 billion rupees to transition to current emission standards, which set out a 68% reduction in nitrous oxide gases. Maruti doesn’t make any electric vehicles because of their cost and the country’s sparse charging infrastructure. Hybrid models, improved technology for cars running on compressed natural gas and more efficient gasoline cars will be enough for Maruti to meet the new requirements, Bhargava said. While the industry has asked for a deferment of one or two years, Bhargava said the new emissions rules should not be implemented until demand for cars recovers. The new standards will potentially reduce car penetration to 2% in India, where ownership currently stands at 30 per 1,000 people, he said. That compares to 816 per 1,000 people in the U.S. and 207 per 1,000 in China. “A decline in the auto industry not only hurts carmakers, it hurts the entire economy,” Bhargava said. “If growth doesn’t take place then it will be counterproductive to do this. What is the use of getting European standards into India if people aren’t able to buy the cars? That is why the industry is saying please defer the new regulations so the price increase doesn’t come at this time which is a bad time.”

India’s stricter emissions rules will hit car sales: Maruti

The emissions curbs are critical for India’s push to tackle some of the world’s worst air pollution, which costs the country 8.5% of its gross domestic product, according to the World Bank. By 2025, India will have up to 20 million old vehicles nearing the end of their lives, causing huge environmental damage, according to the Centre for Science and Environment. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/indias-stricter-emissions-rules-will-hit-car-sales-maruti/articleshow/85239583.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

European-style strict emissions rules in India will force up car prices: Maruti Suzuki

Strict European-style emissions rules will force up car prices, warns Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki. This will give another blow to the automobile industry. Since the year 2000, India has been adopting European emission and fuel regulations for four-wheeled light-duty and for heavy-duty vehicles as well. RC Bhargava, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd Chairman, said the impact of the new rules will be felt as demand will fall further and there will be a noted decline in the industry. “The industry view is that it’s already suffering a decline because of COVID, and on top of that, we add further to the cost of vehicles because of new regulations.” Last week, the automakers urged the government to defer tougher emissions standards, which are due to be implemented in two stages in April 2022 and then in 2023. The new rules will require carmakers to cut emissions about 13% to 113 grams a kilometer. This is part of India’s push to tackle the world’s worst air pollution. According to the Centre for Science and Environment, by 2025, India will have up to 20 million old vehicles nearing the end of their lives, causing huge environmental damage. Analysts say the changes will not be easy as it comes at a tough time when the auto industry is trying to make a comeback from its worst-ever slowdown driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Latest figures from the Society of India Automobile Manufacturers show that passenger vehicle sales fell 2% and overall production declined 14% in the year ended March 2021. Bhargava said any increase in car prices could deter India’s price-sensitive drivers. “Just 5% of cars sold are priced above Rs 1.5 million. The nation’s per capita income of only Rs 2,000 per year puts cleaner, but more expensive, electric cars beyond the reach of most consumers,” he said. “It will be difficult for automakers to pour resources into the new technology considering the industry invested as much as Rs 900 billion to transition to current emission standards, which set out a 68% reduction in nitrous oxide gases.” Also Read: PMMY sanctioned 68% of loans to women entrepreneurs in 6 years The executive highlighted that Maruti doesn’t make any electric vehicles because of their cost and the country’s sparse charging infrastructure. “Hybrid models, improved technology for cars running on compressed natural gas and more efficient gasoline cars will be enough for Maruti to meet the new requirements.” Bhargava said a decline in the auto industry not only hurts carmakers, but the entire economy. “If growth doesn’t take place that it will be counterproductive to do this. What is the use of getting European standards into India if people aren’t able to buy the cars?” Bhargava said this is the reason the industry wants the new regulations to be deferred so that there is no counter price increase.

India will see more droughts, heatwaves and cyclones: IPCC

Sizzling temperatures, droughts and intense cyclones are likely to be commonplace in India because of climate change, a report by a UN body said, warning that the world is running out of time to prevent the worst of the climate crisis Flash floods such as the one that killed a dozen people in Himachal Pradesh last month, sizzling temperatures, droughts and intense cyclones are likely to be commonplace in India because of climate change, a report by a UN body said, warning that the world is running out of time to prevent the worst of the climate crisis. Melting of glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, the consequent rising of the sea level and regular and more intense tropical cyclones in South Asia may devastate parts of the region unless drastic measures to cut carbon emissions are put in place, the report released by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday said. TRENDING STORIES Gold prices crash today, plunge to 4-month low, silver rates slump Gold prices crash today, plunge to 4-month low, silver ... SBI account holders need to do this by September-end to avail banking service SBI account holders need to do this by September-end to... Watch for these firms coming out with their IPOs in the US Watch for these firms coming out with their IPOs in the... ICICI Securities bullish on these two specialty chemical stocks ICICI Securities bullish on these two specialty chemica... The extreme weather events will impact lives, livelihoods and businesses in India and South Asia, experts and climate scientists said, calling for immediate steps to mitigate climate change. The Indian Ocean and the western equatorial Pacific Ocean have “warmed faster than the global average", the report said. “Heat extremes have increased while cold extremes have decreased, and these trends will continue over the coming decades." The threat of more droughts and cyclones is real, said Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. “The report indicates that these are irreversible changes, and we all must take it seriously in devising mitigating measures. The Indian Ocean is warming faster, and it surrounds three sides of India; and on the north, we have the Himalayas where the impact of climate change is visible, too. So our geographic location makes us prone to extreme weather conditions," said Koll. The South Asian monsoon has weakened in the second half of the 20th century, mainly on account of human activity, the IPCC report said. Koll said the recent tropical cyclones arising from the Arabian Sea on India’s western coast and glacier bursts are giving enough hint of the crisis at hand. TRENDING STORIES See All Future group has been battling a severe liquidity squeeze for the past two yearsPremium Amazon draws up blueprint to bail out Future  group Commuters wade through a waterlogged road after heavy rainfall Extremely heavy rainfall likely in these two states fro .... A market area deserted during Covid-19 restrictions Uttarakhand govt to impose stricter Covid curfew for a .... Passengers from international flights Canada extends ban on direct flights from India. Check .... “In India, we have a double burden now. We have to build resilience in our economy, infrastructure and social systems to deal with the increasing impact of extreme weather events. At the same time, we have to act on mitigation measures. The IPCC report is a warning for us," said Chandra Bhushan, president and chief executive of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology. “Things that were predicted to happen far ahead in the future are now expected to happen much sooner, including intense heatwave, monsoon disruptions, cloudbursts, extreme rain, etc. The situation will only worsen if we do not act fast and decisively," said Bhushan, a former deputy director at the non-profit Centre for Science and Environment. Climate change may lead to compound weather events in India; for example, heatwave and drought may come together; similarly, sea-level rise, cyclones and coastal flooding may happen at the same time, Koll said. Some regions are already seeing the effects of climate change, such as the drop in property prices in coastal areas because of frequent flooding. “While IPCC has given us a broad picture, India must devise its own mitigation strategy in a more regional and sub-regional level, beyond the effort to evacuate and save lives," Koll said. The report is the first in seven years and was prepared by more than 230 authors from 65 countries, taking into account more than 1,400 scientific studies.

Climate crisis: Not acting now will destroy lives, livelihoods, natural habitats, warn experts

The impact of climate crisis can be seen around the world and not acting now will destroy lives, livelihoods and natural habitats, warned environmental experts on Monday and reiterated that climate change is happening now and "no one is safe". The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said India''s contribution to emissions has been minuscule, but that does not mean the country need not act. The reactions came after the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change''s (IPCC) latest report -- Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis -- that warned of increased extreme weather events across the globe in the coming years. At a virtual press meet, Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Inger Anderson sounded a cautionary note. "Climate change is here and now. No one is safe. Despite warnings for so many years, the world did not listen. We need to act now. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will not only limit climate change but also reduce air pollution." She also said that recently, only 110 countries of the 191 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have submitted new or updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of the next climate conference (COP 26). "Governments need to make the net-zero plan an integral part of their Paris Agreement. They must finance and support the developing countries to adapt to climate change as promised under the agreement. Every business, citizen and investor must play their part. "We cannot undo the mistakes of the past but this generation of political and business leaders and conscious citizens can make things right," Anderson said. Reacting to the report, the president-designate of the upcoming COP26 Alok Sharma said the "lights are flashing red on the climate dashboard". "We must come together at COP 26 and agree on ambitious emission reduction targets that lead us to net-zero by 2050." "The impacts of the climate crisis can be seen around the world and if we don''t act now we will continue to see the worst effects impact lives, livelihoods and natural habitats," he said. The next decade is decisive, Sharma said and urged the world to follow science and embrace their responsibility to "keep the goal of 1.5 degree Celsius alive". "We can do this by coming forward with ambitious 2030 emission reduction targets, long-term strategies with a pathway to net-zero by the middle of the century and taking action now to end coal power, accelerate the roll-out of electric vehicles, tackle deforestation and reduce methane emissions." Listing the key takeaways from the report, CSE Director General Sunita Narain said the world might be hurtling towards a 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature rise by 2040 with human activities undoubtedly being the main trigger for climate change while the efficiency of sinks to absorb emissions is going down. The world needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45-50 per cent below the 2010 level by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. It needs transformational action... it needs hard and drastic action, she said. "The Indian government is sanguine about doing more than other countries in terms of comparable action to reduce CO2 emissions. But we have no measurable targets to reduce emissions. This is why we are doing well -- our NDC is to reduce not absolute emissions but the emission intensity of our economy." Narain said. Senior Climate Campaigner at Greenpeace India Avinash Chanchal said unless there are immediate rapid and large scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming 1.5 degrees Celsius will be beyond reach. Ulka Kelkar, Director of Climate Programme at World Resources Institute India said the report comes amid consternation over extreme weather, despite 30 years of warnings from the IPCC. "For India, the predictions in this report mean people labouring in longer and more frequent heatwaves, warmer nights for winter crops, erratic monsoon rains for summer crops, destructive floods and storms that disrupt power supply for drinking water or medical oxygen production. "We need to plan for climate risks while building cities. We need technology that revolutionises the way we manufacture -- with green hydrogen and recycling. We need to use our land and natural resources responsibly to support livelihoods." Roxy Mathew Koll, Senior Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology said The most important point from the IPCC AR6 report is that mitigation and adaptation strategies submitted by nations through the Paris Agreement are insufficient to keep global surface temperature increase within 1.5 degrees Celsius or even 2 degrees Celsius. "With the global mean temperature rise now going above 1 degree Celsius, India is at a crucial juncture where we are already facing increasingly extreme weather events such as cyclones, floods, droughts and heatwaves." Koll added that India needs to urgently map the risks based on these projected changes "but we do not even have a country-wide risk assessment based on observed changes." Ajay Mathur the Director-General of International Solar Alliance said the global energy sector accounts for around 73 per cent of total emissions while reiterating that solar energy offers an ideal solution to all countries. "Solar energy offers an ideal solution to all countries. The technology is ready and it is cost-effective. We need global collaboration to scale it up exponentially and expeditiously," he said. PTI AG/GVS NSD NSD

Indian Ocean warming rapidly, expect more extreme weather

IPCC report on climate change warns of more cyclonic activity, rainfall The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today confirmed fears that the Indian Ocean was warming at a rate higher than other oceans. According to the authors of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”, the warming of the ocean will lead to a rise in sea levels, resulting in more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-level areas. Impact irreversible Scientists caution that impacts of climate change-triggered glacial retreat, sea-level rise, and intense tropical cyclones, erratic monsoon and intense heat stress are irreversible Hot extremes projected to increase, cold extremes to decrease in the 21st century Sea surface temperatures over Indian Ocean are likely to increase by 1 to 2°C Heatwaves and humid heat stress will also be more intense and frequent in the 21st century over South Asia, states the report, sounding a dire warning for the entire world. “Even if we limit temperatures to 1.5° Celsius from pre-industrial levels, we will continue to see extreme weather events,” said Dr Friederike Otto, one of the authors. “We will also see an increase in heatwaves, heavy rainfall events, and the further melting of glaciers, which will impact a country like India,” said Otto. Warning for developed nations Report a clarion call for developed countries to undertake immediate, deep emission cuts and decarbonisation of their economies. — Bhupender Yadav, Environment Minister It’s a wake-up call The latest IPCC report confirms we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act. — Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment Director General

Climate report unlikely to lead to extra efforts

A senior environment ministry official, who has been part of the climate negotiating team for long, said the IPCC report will not alter India’s climate negotiating strategy. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on Monday, which said that extreme weather events have increased due to the rise in carbon emissions and the planet will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold much earlier than anticipated, may not result in higher ambition at the Glasgow climate conference in November, said experts on climate change negotiations. IPCC’s Physical Science Basis report, the first of its three sixth assessment report, tells the world that oceans could rise by 1-2 feet even in one of the better scenarios (it considered five) by turn of this century, and heat waves occur 14 times as often if warming touches 2 degrees C. “The report tells us, we have a small window to act,” said Govindasamy Bala, professor at the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, and one of the lead authors of the report. The report clearly mentioned that limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius by turn of the century is becoming beyond reach. “Earlier, we had given 20 years for 1.5 degree temperature rise, now it is 10 years,” he said, adding that carbon emissions have already increased the temperature by 1.1 degree Celsius in the last 100 years. So, the world has window for only 0.4 degree C. To ensure that window remains open, Bala said the five scenarios presented by the report clearly show that there is no longer an option of a peaking year (when a country’s carbon emissions would peak) available with the planet to save it from dramatic danger of climate change. “We have to go for emission reduction and that is net zero,” he said. In the net zero concept, the world, as a whole, theoretically, will stop emitting carbon dioxide by 2050. A country will be able to emit carbon equal to the carbon sinks it has and the amount of carbon credits it can buy. Several European countries such as France, United Kingdom and Sweden have brought law to achieve net zero by 2050 and many others are on way to have similar laws. However, India and China, the world’s two biggest emitters have opposed net zero, saying it would go against the United Nations Climate Framework that provides for differentiated responsibility among developed and developing world and equity to carbon space. Net zero, they said, would impose binding restrictions on the developing world, which is historically not responsible for the problem of climate change. Sunita Narain, director general of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said net zero was zero gain for developing countries as it would benefit the rich world, which has already exhausted its carbon space, and the developing world would continue to suffer in the absence of free technology transfer. “This report from global scientists must be a wake-up call. We can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act—including empty promises of net zero by 2050,” she said. Bala, however, said climate science supports net zero as the world cannot look at 2 or higher degree C climate scenarios anymore. “We have to aim for 1.5 degree temperature rise. Time to first allow emissions to rise and then reduce is not there.” A senior environment ministry official, who has been part of the climate negotiating team for long, said the IPCC report will not alter India’s climate negotiating strategy. “It is clear to us and several other developing countries that the Glasgow conference is to make Paris agreement operational. That will happen,” the official said. He added that the review of the target under the Paris climate deal would happen in 2023-24 and anything before that would depend on enhanced climate finance by the developed world. Climate talks have got more impetus in 2021 with appointment of John Kerry as US President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy. Kerry, since taking over in March, has visited several important countries for climate talks including biggest carbon emitters after United States, China and India. The US is keen to have higher ambition for Paris agreement, which becomes operational from January 2022. Kerry was in New Delhi in April 2021 for three days, but environment ministry officials said former environment minister Prakash Javadekar was very clear that the net zero concept was alien to the Paris agreement. Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, CEO of Council on Energy, Environment and Water, said, “Given that India is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, we must recognise that even geographically faraway climatic changes can have consequences for our monsoons and intensity of extreme events. India should nudge the international community to capitalise a Global Resilience Reserve Fund to help lower the peaks of climate risks for the most vulnerable countries and create an insurance cushion against severe climate shocks.”

UN sounds alarm bells over 'irreversible' climate impacts by humans in latest IPCC report

Accepted by 195 countries, the report projects that in the coming decades climate changes will increase in every region The Earth could warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial temperatures within the next two decades, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in its latest report on Monday, advancing the threat of such a dangerous tipping point in ... “The report is a wake-up call. We can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act— including empty promises of net zero by 2050,” said environmentalist Sunita Narain from the Centre for Science and Environment. Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/un-sounds-alarm-bells-over-irreversible-climate-impacts-by-humans-in-latest-ipcc-report-1017822.html

No time to lose – CSE Director-General on new IPCC report

Director-General of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sunita Narain says there is no time to lose on the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. “We can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act-including empty promises of net zero by 2050,” says Narain. The Director-General was reacting to the latest IPCC report that confirms that the world can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises of net zero by 2050. The report on Climate Change is the first part of its sixth assessment report that sounds like a grave warning. Narain listed a couple of key points from the report. The first is that the world might be hurtling towards a 1.5°C temperature rise by 2040. The second is the main trigger for climate change is, undoubtedly, human activities; and the last point has to do with the efficiency of sinks to absorb emissions going down. No time to lose - CSE Director-General on new IPCC report Director-General of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sunita Narain The IPCC report indicates, “There are no “maybes” anymore. The threat of climate change is real; dangers are imminent and the future is catastrophic.” Narain is therefore calling on the world to demands effective global leadership adding that, the report coming from the normal conventional and conformist world of buttoned-up scientists, should scare the world into action—real and meaningful. “The question is if we are listening. If action is being taken at the scale and pace needed. This is still not happening.” According to her, the relative efficiency of sinks—the earth’s natural cleaning system, the oceans, forests and soils, will go down in the coming years as emissions continue to rise. “Currently, oceans, land and forests together absorb some 50 per cent of the emissions released into the atmosphere each year. In other words, without these sinks, we would have already breached the 1.5°C warming by now.” Narain also observes that the “net zero” plans of countries will have to be revisited. Under the net-zero plan, countries such as the US and China have declared that their emissions will remain below what their terrestrial sinks or carbon capture technologies will be able to clean up by 2050 and by 2060 respectively. “But what this report also tells us is that we cannot “bank” on the sinks to clean up the emissions in the future at this same rate,” Narain stated. The Director-General of the Indian-based organization indicates countries will have to work harder to plant more trees to sequester carbon dioxide, per IPCC release, it means the sinks have reached their tipping points. “Therefore, this report from global scientists must be a wake-up call. It is time we got serious and started meaningful action on the ground—today.” For Nurain, the good news, however, is that technologies are available to disrupt the current fossil fuel-driven industrial system. “We do not have to wait for disruptive technologies. Instead, we have to be disruptive in action. The problem is that even today the action on the ground is too little and too late.” Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to rise as countries, impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, rush to return to normal. Nurain says the world must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45-50 per cent below the 2010 level by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050. “We need hard and drastic action. This is where the scientists, being scientists, cannot call out the most inconvenient of inconvenient truths. There is no doubt that top contributors to climate change are a handful of countries – the US and China, put together, add up to roughly half the world’s annual emissions.” According to her, from 1870 to 2019, the US, EU-27, Russia, UK, Japan and China are responsible for 60 per cent of the global carbon dioxide budget emissions. “If you take even the Paris targets, the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of these countries, then in 2030, they will increase their share of the budget to 68 per cent, not decrease it as needed and provide space for the rest of the world to grow. “This is because their targets are abysmally low and disproportionate to the contribution to the problem and that China will increase its share of CO2 emissions – going from 10 Gt/CO2 to 12 Gt/CO2 annually in the coming decade,” she said.

Le monde frappé par les nouvelles prévisions climatiques

Des dirigeants de la planète aux militants climat, le nouveau rapport «terrifiant» des experts climat de l'ONU provoquait lundi une avalanche de réactions, entre espoirs de ralentir le désastre par des actions immédiates et appels à la mobilisation citoyenne pour maintenir la pression. «Vous nous parlez depuis plus de 30 ans des dangers de laisser la planète se réchauffer. Le monde a écouté, mais n'a pas entendu. Le monde a écouté, mais n'a pas agi assez vigoureusement. Résultat: le problème que représente le changement climatique est là, maintenant. Personne n'est en sécurité. Et c'est de pire en pire de plus en plus vite», a déclaré Inger Andersen, patronne de l'ONU-Environnement. «Ce rapport est dévastateur pour les pays les plus vulnérables au changement climatique comme les Maldives parce qu'il confirme que nous sommes au bord de l'«extinction», a déclaré de son côté l'ancien président des Maldives Mohamed Nasheed au nom du Climate Vulnerable Forum qui représente un milliard de personnes de 48 pays. «Ce n'est pas trop tard pour endiguer la tendance et empêcher un dérèglement incontrôlable du changement climatique, à condition d'agir résolument maintenant et tous ensemble», a insisté sur Twitter le vice-président de la Commission européenne Frans Timmermans. «Nous savons ce qu'il faut faire pour limiter le réchauffement de la planète: reléguer aux oubliettes le charbon et passer à des sources d'énergie renouvelables, protéger la nature et financer le climat», a réagi le premier ministre britannique Boris Johnson, dont le pays accueillera en novembre la cruciale conférence climat de l'ONU COP26. «Nous ne pouvons pas attendre», a assuré de son côté l'envoyé spécial américain pour le climat John Kerry, appelant les gouvernements à prendre des «décisions courageuses». Un accord urgent Le président français Emmanuel Macron a appelé à «un accord à la hauteur de l'urgence» lors de la COP26, constatant que «le temps de l'indignation est derrière nous». «Nous sommes la dernière génération de politiciens qui peuvent protéger notre mode de vie. C'est maintenant ou jamais», a insisté la ministre démissionnaire des Affaires étrangères aux Pays-Bas, Sigrid Kaag, alors que le pays est menacé par la montée des eaux. Mais pour Saleemul Huq, directeur du Centre international du changement climatique et du développement basé au Bangladesh, la «bulle de promesses vides est sur le point d'exploser». «C'est à nous d'être courageux et de prendre des décisions basées sur les preuves scientifiques», a plaidé quant à elle la jeune militante Greta Thunberg. «Nous pouvons encore éviter les pires conséquences, mais pas si nous continuons comme aujourd'hui et pas sans traiter la crise comme une crise». Le rapport «doit sonner le glas du charbon et des énergies fossiles, avant qu'ils ne détruisent la planète», a déclaré le secrétaire général des Nations unies Antonio Guterres, qualifiant les mises en garde du Giec d'«alerte rouge pour l'humanité». «Les sonnettes d'alarme sont assourdissantes: les émissions de gaz à effet de serre créé par les énergies fossiles et la déforestation sont en train d'étouffer notre planète». Ce rapport est «un appel aux pays développés à réduire immédiatement et fortement leurs émissions et à décarboner leurs économies», a réagi le ministère indien de l'Environnement, pointant du doigt la responsabilité des pays développés dans le cumul de CO2 dans l'atmosphère. «Mais cela ne signifie pas que l'Inde ne doit pas agir», réplique Sunita Narain, du Centre pour la science et l'environnement basé en Inde. «Les mêmes gouvernements qui ont ignoré l'Accord de Paris ne nous sauveront pas», a répondu le mouvement Extinction Rebellion. «Seule la résistance civile le peut», ont ajouté ces militants en appelant sur Twitter à les rejoindre. Tout comme les jeunes de Fridays for Future prêts à «se battre plus fort que jamais». Quant à Greenpeace, c'est à la justice que l'ONG prévoit d'apporter le rapport du Giec. «Chère industrie des énergies fossiles, nous vous retrouverons au tribunal». Et si «vous êtes désespérés à la lecture du rapport», ce n'est pas surprenant et «vous n'êtes pas tout seul», note la climatologue Katharine Hayhoe. «Reconnaitre ce que l'on ressent est essentiel. Et ensuite, transformez cette peur en action».