An agreement by almost 200 nations to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 will be far more costly than taking action now to tackle climate change, according to research published yesterday.
Quick measures to cut emissions would give a far better chance of keeping global warming within an agreed UN limit of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times to avert more floods, heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels.
“If you delay action by 10, 20 years you significantly reduce the chances of meeting the 2 degree target,” said Dr Keywan Riahi, one of the authors of the report at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.
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