Por qué un enfoque equitativo es la única manera práctica de abordar la crisis climática

Sivan Kartha, a Senior Scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), argues that an equitable approach to the energy transition is the only practical way to address the climate crisis. Speaking at COP25, Kartha warns that a 5-degree Celsius increase in global temperature would represent an existential risk to humanity, comparable in scale to the transition out of the last Ice Age, and emphasizes that wealthy nations must lead in reducing emissions and supporting less privileged populations to achieve global net-zero emissions.

• A global temperature increase of approximately 5 degrees Celsius would constitute an existential risk to humanity. Kartha notes that a similar 5-degree difference was what separated the current climate from the last Ice Age, which featured ice sheets several kilometers thick and vastly different coastlines.
• The precise impacts of significant warming (3, 4, or 5 degrees) are unpredictable and potentially catastrophic. Uncertainties include the survival of coral reefs, the intensity of hurricanes, the stability of the South Asian monsoon affecting over one billion people, and the frequency of wildfires in new climate zones.
• While the technology and funding to avoid a 5-degree scenario exist, their distribution is highly unequal. The wealthiest 10% of the global population earns more than half of the world's income and is responsible for more than half of global pollution.
• Achieving global net-zero emissions is only practically and justly possible if the most privileged populations—who benefited from fossil-fuel-led development—eliminate their own emissions and provide support to less privileged populations to do the same.

APA

Kartha, S. (2019). Por qué un enfoque equitativo es la única manera práctica de abordar la crisis climática. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/perspectives/por-que-un-enfoque-equitativo-es-la-unica-manera-practica-de-abordar-la-crisis-climatica/

Chicago

Kartha, Sivan. Por qué un enfoque equitativo es la única manera práctica de abordar la crisis climática. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2019. https://www.sei.org/perspectives/por-que-un-enfoque-equitativo-es-la-unica-manera-practica-de-abordar-la-crisis-climatica/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{kartha2019por, author = {Kartha, Sivan}, title = {{Por qué un enfoque equitativo es la única manera práctica de abordar la crisis climática}}, publisher = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/perspectives/por-que-un-enfoque-equitativo-es-la-unica-manera-practica-de-abordar-la-crisis-climatica/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }