IGCF 2022: ‘Governments, businesses and civil society must work together to address climate change’

IGCF 2022: ‘Governments, businesses and civil society must work together to address climate change’

Sharjah: Global experts who spoke on a key panel discussion on climate change and net zero emissions on the opening day of the 11th International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) expressed concern that unless key changes are made on the current course in addressing climate change, it is possible that the world may not be able to achieve its net zero goals.

During a panel discussion titled ‘When zero becomes an achievement’ held at Expo Centre Sharjah where IGCF is being held under the theme ‘Challenges and Solutions’, Tom Carnac, an author on climate change policy and advisor to corporates and governments, said: “This the first summer in our history where heat events have impacted three continents on the same day - in Asia, Europe and North America. There is now a collective realisation that we have reached a point of no return.”

“This is a decisive decade and science has been extremely clear that if we are to have a chance at limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we must peak emissions by the middle of this decade and halve them by the end of the decade to achieve net zero by the middle of the century,” Carnac explained.

“This roughly equates