A line of COP delegates will form a chain of yellow “hazard” tape along what would be the redefined Dubai coastline – which would cut straight through the middle of the COP28 venue -- if fossil fuel emissions continue at their present rate. [...] “The State of the Cryosphere 2023 Report presented here at COP28 confirms that even the upper Paris Agreement limit of 2°C would spell disaster for much of the planet because of the cryosphere’s global impact and long-term response.” “But we are currently heading towards temperature rise of almost 3°C,” added Kirkham, also Chief Scientific Advisor to the Ambition on Melting Ice (AMI) high-level gr. [...] “Once we consider the global and irreversible impacts from cryosphere on the entire planet, an agreement at COP28 for a phase-out of fossil fuels, with emissions peaking by 2025 is the only pathway fully consistent with the 1.5°C limit,” concluded Pam Pearson, Director and Founder of ICCI. [...] Benjamin Strauss, Pam Pearson and several other reviewers of the State of the Cryosphere 2023 Report will be available for interview. [...] ICCI is hosting the Cryosphere Pavilion (Zone B7, Building 87 and Zone B6, Building 71); and also serves as the secretariat to the Ambition on Melting Ice (AMI) high-level group on Sea-level Rise and Mountain Water Resources, founded by 20 nations at COP27 in Egypt (www.ambitionmeltingice.org).
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