"Let's recognise our failure, he told the Guardian and Amazon-based news organisation Sumauma. The truth is that we have failed to avoid an overshooting above 1.5C in the next few years. And that going above 1.5C has devastating consequences. Some of these devastating consequences are tipping points, be it in the Amazon, be it in Greenland, or western Antarctica or the coral reefs. He said the priority at Cop30 was to shift direction:"
"It is absolutely indispensable to change course in order to make sure that the overshoot is as short as possible and as low in intensity as possible to avoid tipping points like the Amazon. We don't want to see the Amazon as a savannah. But that is a real risk if we don't change course and if we don't make a dramatic decrease of emissions as soon as possible."
Global heating is set to overshoot 1.5C in the next few years, creating severe and potentially irreversible impacts. Overshoot raises the likelihood of crossing tipping points in the Amazon, Greenland, western Antarctica, and coral reefs. Immediate and dramatic reductions in fossil fuel emissions are necessary to keep any overshoot as short and as low in intensity as possible. The past decade has been the hottest on record, and many countries have not submitted updated nationally determined contributions. Delayed or insufficient government commitments increase the risk of catastrophic ecological and climate feedbacks, especially in critical regions.
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