By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): The United Nations is warning that the world is very close to crossing a dangerous climate threshold, and few countries have more at stake than Belize.
A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme finds that countries have failed to meet the target set under the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aimed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Beyond that point, the report says storms become more intense, sea levels keep rising and crops face major impacts.
Every item on that list describes a direct threat to Belize.
The country sits on a low lying coastline with a chain of cayes barely above sea level and a barrier reef that anchors both the tourism and fishing industries. Hurricane season already occupies half the calendar, and farmers are already contending with shifting rainfall patterns.
The report says emissions from burning fossil fuels need to drop to zero, and that carbon may even need to be removed from the atmosphere.
It also warns that countries will need to prepare for worsening disasters.
Credit: NPR, Lauren Sommer
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): The United Nations is warning that the world is very close to crossing a dangerous climate threshold, and few countries have more at stake than Belize. A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme finds that countries have failed to meet the target set under the 2015 Paris
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