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Climate Clock, an online tool and algorithm designed to calculate human deadlines to reduce global warming, fell below Friday’s seven years.
According to the algorithm, the watch, developed in 2020 to give world leaders a sense of urgency, has been shortened from 7 years to 6 years and 364 days. This tool shows how much time remains to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
“Watches are portable scientific instruments,” Andrew Boyd, co-founder of Climate Clock, told Fox News Digital. “It reduces a lot of complexity into a simple, clear message and mission. We need to move from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy, and we have seven years to do that.”
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“In climate change, winning slowly is the same as losing,” continued Boyd. “The climate clock shows us that we have a deadline. It’s our best window to avoid a climate catastrophe. The next seven years are our best shots.”
According to Climate Clock, about 13% of the world’s energy production comes from renewable energies such as solar and wind.
Friday is the first official “climate emergency day” for climate watches to count down from seven to six years, another climate watch co-founder Gangolan told Fox News Digital. He added that people around the world observe moments of silence to “mark the moment.”
“The earth and everyone on it is under threat,” Golan said. “Climate change is not happening in the future, it is happening here now.”
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According to a recent report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, human activity is already believed to be causing warming of 0.8-1.2 degrees Celsius. The report warned that if global warming is not stable, climate-related risks to natural and human systems will increase significantly.
Meanwhile, Western governments have been trying to promote an aggressive green transition from fossil fuels in recent years, but faced a recent backlash in the global energy crisis and rising global consumer prices. Connected. The European government began to boost coal dependence during the crisis, but the US government struggled to approve climate legislation, which activists say was needed to achieve net zero emissions.
Last week, Senator Joe Manchin, DW.Va. Announced opposition to major climate bills advocated by the Democratic Party and President Biden. West Virginia Democrats pointed to high prices and inflation in explaining his position.
Both Boyd and Golan criticized Manchin, but claimed he was being watched over by the interests of fossil fuels.
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“”[Manchin] “I personally made more than $ 5.2 million from coal and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the fossil fuel industry,” Golan told Fox News Digital. Than the future of our children. “
“People overwhelmingly want greater action by our government,” Boyd added. “But our government has been hampered from doing its job to protect our lives and our families. It is by a small number of our politicians who are rewarded by fossil fuel companies. I’m late.”