WITH the Ministry of Forestry’s vision of Sustainable Forests, Our Future, the achievement covers issues currently on the international agenda that are relevant to forestry such as Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Clean Water Supply and Poverty Eradication.
Referring to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 report a statement from the ministry said human activities were estimated to have caused approximately 1.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels, with a likely range of 0.8°C to 1.2°C.
“Global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate. (high confidence),” the report revealed.
“The amount of CO2 that is already in the atmosphere due to human activities such as burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas have already warmed the world by 1° C is on track to get up to + 1.5° C in a decade or two and that number will continue to increase if there is no immediate global action to reduce emissions that are already in the earth’s atmosphere.”
While the IPCC report includes urgent recommendations for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through the use of renewable energy it also includes a section on the need for reforestation and ecosystem restoration to decreasing or removing the carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere.
