What to Expect for Climate in 2022

I wish I could tell you that 2022 climate change actions will bring many different hopes and actions than 2021 but will be hard to be true. The best we can hope for is to have incremental progress since global warming “remains stubbornly uncathartic.” According to David Roberts, climate journalist.

Much has been said about how much the world achieved at the Glasgow COP26, the outcomes, pledges, and deals, but it is impossible to deny that the world has done too little to tackle climate change.

In Glasgow, parties agreed to start doing more on emission cuts and promises more money for developing countries - to help them adapt to climate impacts, but the pledges don't go far enough to limit temperature rise to 1.5C.

Additionally, global commitments and oppositions to phase out coal were the epicenter of many discussions, nevertheless, scientists say extreme weather events are becoming and will be becoming more frequent in 2022: more heatwaves, sea level rises, wildfires, floods, and other dramatic natural disasters. Then, how much the world achieved at climate talks and what will happen, depends in large part on where you live. For instance, for large middle-income countries, like India and South Africa,…