WWF: World Bank must fight climate change and stop funding
fossil fuel projects The report, Turn down the heat – Why a 4°C
world must be avoided, summarizes the latest climate science and
describes a world that is 4°C warmer, with droughts, extreme
heat, flooding and crop failures. The report warns that at the
current rate of CO2 emissions we could reach 4° warming by 2060,
with dire consequences for us all, particularly the lives and
livelihoods of the poor. It says that the world can still keep
global warming below 2°C, but living up to current commitments
and even stronger policies are a must: “Numerous studies show
that there are technically and economically feasible emissions
pathways to hold warming likely below 2°C. Thus the level of
impacts that developing countries and the rest of the world
experience will be a result of government, private sector, and
civil society decisions and choices, including, unfortunately,
inaction.” According to Samantha Smith, leader of WWF’s Global
Climate and Energy Initi