September 17, 2021 | by Kristina D'Amico
From the Firm: National and International News Here is a roundup of the big news this week: :
Climate change: UN warning over nations' climate plans
California fires: General Sherman and other sequoias given blankets
According to a report released this week by the United Nations' climate scientists, we're still headed in the wrong direction for reversing climate change. Scientists confirmed that in order to avoid the worst impacts of hotter conditions, global carbon emissions need to be cut by 45% by 2030 — but the analysis shows that those emissions are set to rise by 16% by then.
The trees of Sequoia National Park are receiving a little bit of help from firefighters as the Colony and Paradise fires in California continue to grow. The forest's trees — including the 275ft General Sherman, the Earth's largest tree by volume and 2,500 years old — are being wrapped with aluminum foil blankets in an effort to protect them. More than 350 firefighters are battling alongside helicopters and water-dropping plans to try to bank the fires.
The COP26 climate conference is scheduled to take place in Glasgow in just over six weeks' time.
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