ＩＰＣＣ報告書: 気温上昇低於２度国際目標、予測不樂觀…

A few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

気温上昇２度未満、厳しい予測…ＩＰＣＣ報告書

2014年11月02日 21時07分

　地球温暖化の将来予測や影響を評価する国連の「気候変動に関する政府間パネル（ＩＰＣＣ）」は２日、最新の統合報告書を公表した。

　今世紀末までの気温上昇を２度未満に抑えるという国際目標の達成には、産業革命以降の世界全体の二酸化炭素（ＣＯ２）の累積排出量を、約３兆トンに抑える必要があるとの見解を盛り込んだ。すでに約２兆トンを排出しており、現在のペースで排出が続けば、あと３０年で限界を超えるという厳しい見通しを示した。

　統合報告書は、コペンハーゲンでの総会で１日に承認され、２日に公表された。１２月１日からペルーで開かれる国連気候変動枠組み条約第２０回締約国会議（ＣＯＰ２０）で報告され、温室効果ガスの削減交渉の科学的根拠とされる。

　ＩＰＣＣのラジェンドラ・パチャウリ議長は２日の記者会見で、「温暖化対策のための科学的根拠を示した。国際社会は真剣に受け止めてほしい」と述べた。

(試譯文)

On the 2^nd (November), the "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC)” of the UN which predicted the future of global warming and estimated its influence had published the latest integrated report.

  Regarding to achieve the international target by suppressing the temperature rise to less than two degrees by the end of this century, the view that it was necessary to suppress the accumulated amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission of the whole world since the Industrial Revolution to about 3,000,000 million tons was incorporated. About 2,000,000 million tons had already been discharged, and if the discharging continued at the present pace, a severe perspective was indicated that it would exceed the limit in 30 years.

  An integration report was approved on the 1^st (November) at the general meeting in Copenhagen, and published on the 2nd. It would be reported at the 20th round of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the UN Frameworks Convention on Climate Change opened in Peru from December 1. It had made a scientific basis for negotiating the reduction of greenhouse gas.

  Rajendra Pachauri the chairperson of IPCC in a press conference on the 2nd stated that "the scientific base for measures to deal with the global warming was shown, and I seriously hope the international societies will accept it".

It seems that the target to suppress global temperature rise to less than two degrees by the end of this century is too optimistic.