{"id":3964,"date":"2019-06-25T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2019-06-25T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T20:56:31","slug":"lets-get-on-with-the-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/lets-get-on-with-the-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s get on with the how"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ruth Ivory-Moore, Program Director for Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility<\/em><\/p>\n

There are four numbers that matter according to Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):<\/p>\n

1.5 or less<\/strong> \u2013 The degrees Celsius to which we must limit global warming;
\n2050<\/strong> \u2013 the year by which the world must reach carbon neutrality;
\n2030<\/strong> \u2013 the year by which we must limit global emissions by 35-40%; and
\n2020<\/strong> \u2013 when new and revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), quantifying commitment for greenhouse gas reductions, must be issued by countries.<\/p>\n

The world is in a critical state, and we are far behind in our efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C said the executive secretary in her Global Climate Action briefing on June 21, 2019 at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50). ELCA Advocacy is present at SB50 which raises ambition to curb greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate resilience-building efforts, and ensure that climate policy is built on a solid foundation of the best available science and knowledge. Battles over resources will only exacerbate if the limit is not reached, Espinosa warned. We have the facts, but she emphasized we must \u201cget on with the how.\u201d<\/p>\n