/PRNewswire/ More than 500 business leaders, elected officials, and their guests gathered on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in.
/PRNewswire/ More than 500 business leaders, elected officials, and their guests gathered on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in.
#WSF2021 | Background
Globally, 2020 was the second hottest year on record, adding another grim milestone to a rapidly warming planet. In Europe, according to data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2020 was the warmest year on the continent. Ocean acidification, desertification, collapsing biodiversity, disappearing habitats, intensifying storms, droughts and heatwaves - the changing climate is already manifesting its impacts.
As we strive to limit temperature growth to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, in 2016 & 2020, the global mean temperature was already 1.2°C higher than this baseline.
To tackle the climate crisis, we must re-think and restructure the global economy and society, harness all available assets and include science, technology and innovation in our decisions and policymaking.