He pointed out that the more than 130 world leaders who gathered had an average age of over 60, while the generations most harmed by climate change aren’t yet born. Johnson told the summit that humanity had run down the clock when it comes to climate change, and the time for action is now.
Current projections based on planned emissions cuts over the next decade are for it to hit 2.7C (4.9F) by the year 2100. The world has already warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit). He was kicking off the world leaders’ summit portion of a UN climate conference, which is aimed at getting agreement to curb carbon emissions fast enough to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) below pre-industrial levels.
The threat is climate change triggered by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, and he pointed out that it all started in Glasgow with James Watt's steam engine powered by coal.
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