Blue says landmark climate report puts planet on red alert

Stockholm, Sweden, August 9, 2021 – News that the planet is facing climate changes unprecedented in tens of thousands of years with some deemed irreversible over hundreds of years was described as shocking by Swedish investment enterprise Blue, which specialises in investing in environmentally companies that offer solutions to the climate emergency.

“While the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report says strong and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases would limit climate change, their conclusions about the immediate threats put world governments on red alert,” said Blue spokesman David Noble, communications director. He noted how IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte described the report as a reality check that provides a much clearer picture of the past, present and future climate.

The IPCC report warns that every region on the planet faces increasing climate changes.The report projects that in the coming decades climate changes will increase in all regions. For 1.5°C of global warming, there will be increasing heat waves, longer warm seasons and shorter cold seasons. At 2°C of global warming, heat extremes would more often reach critical tolerance thresholds for agriculture and health.

But it is not just about temperature, say the authors of the report. Climate change, they write, is “bringing multiple different changes in different regions – which will all increase with further warming. These include changes to wetness and dryness, to winds, snow and ice, coastal areas and oceans.”

Noble said that the report underlines that the planet is running out of time.

“We all need to become change-makers to the best of our ability to find solutions to the climate emergency facing our planet if we are to leave a better future for coming generations,” he said.