On How 'Lobbies' Water Down the World's Most Important Climate Report
The latest complete IPCC mentions the word 'degrowth' 28 times, but mentions it zero times in the summary for policy makers. J. Bordera, A. Turiel, F. Valladares, M. García Pallarés, J. de la Casa, F. Prieto, F. Puig Vilar
The dossier of shame. This report is a litany of broken climate promises. Without rapid and deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors, it will be impossible to avoid the climate disaster we are rapidly facing. Climate activists are sometimes portrayed as dangerous radicals, but the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing fossil fuel production. These statements - which could belong to any social movement spokesperson - are just some of the strongest statements that UN Secretary-General António Guterres has made in the wake of the official release of the latest part of the world's most crucial climate report, that of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). For a full read of this brief, click here or on the picture to download the pdf file. |