Now or Never - IPCC Mitigation Report

Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith, and Regina Valdez discuss the third part of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) called ‘Mitigation of Climate Change’ contributed by Working Group III (WG3).

Note that we published a discussion on the first part of AR6 from Working Group 1 (WG1) on Aug. 24th, 2021 which you can find here: IPCC - How Bad Can It Be

This video was recorded on April 6th, 2022, and published on April 23rd, 2022.

Some of the topics discussed:

• How in the wake of Russia invading Ukraine, Biden is opening up the strategic petroleum reserve to the tune of one million barrels a day every single day for the next 180 days.
• How the media seemed to get the headline right for the release of this report with the phrase “Now or Never.”
• The need to immediately decarbonize by converting our energy systems away from fossil fuels to non-CO2 emitting and/or renewable sources and how our governments and the big investment banks are obstructing this change.
• How the word ‘immediate’ is used frequently in the report.
• A mention of what’s missing from the report?
• How we desperately need to move to a renewable energy economy.
• A review of what the three working group reports are.
• How the top 10 percent of households produce 34 to 45% of the emissions and the bottom half only 13 to 15%.
• How the regions that have emitted the least are suffering the most from climate change.
• How the cost of renewable technologies such as PV, Wind and Energy Storage have significantly come down since the last assessment report, AR5, was first released in 2013.
• and more. . .

Links:

• Working Group III (WG3) Contribution To The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) - Summary for Policy Makers (SPM)

• Summary for Policymakers Headline Statements

• Figure SPM.1 GlobalNetAnthroEmissions

• IEA (2021), Net Zero by 2050, IEA, Paris - SPM - p.17

• 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Clean Air, Strong Economy

Regular Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:

• Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Attributions:

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: crowander.com

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