Ice Emergency: Scientists and Alliance of Concerned Nations urge UN New York Climate

Led by Chile and Iceland, this unique group of ministers represents not just “ice nations” (polar and mountain), but the low-lying and downstream areas that will bear the brunt of loss of the planet’s stabilizing stores of snow and ice – the cryosphere. [...] At a high-level event on the margins of the summit and accompanying Climate Week NYC, AMI, alongside some of the world's top climate scientists, will warn government, business and civil society leaders: even temporarily reaching the upper limit of 2°C set out in the Paris Agreement would be catastrophic and must give way to an emergency focus on decreasing fossil fuel pollution to remain close to. [...] For media access: please contact amy@iccinet.org The Explorers Club: Headquartered in New York City with a community of Chapters around the world, The Explorers Club supports the scientific fieldwork of “groundbreaking explorers” around the globe. [...] To minimize the burden on future generations, every tenth of a degree matters; and a 2°C limit is definitely too high for global permafrost.” Risk of pushback at COP28 in Dubai “Only by remaining within the Earth’s 1.5°C guardrail can we prevent the worldwide impacts that are resulting from the rapidly accelerating loss of the Earth’s snow and ice reserves”, says AMI Chief Science Advisor Kirkham. [...] But seasoned observers of the UN climate talks fear this year's COP28, to be held in the oil- rich United Arab Emirates, could see a push to backtrack and revert to the higher limit of 2°C, leaving more scope for the continued use of fossil fuels.