Andrew Steer
President and CEO
Bezos Earth Fund
Dr. Andrew Steer is President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund. He previously served as the World Resources Institute’s President & CEO and as the World Bank’s Special Envoy for Climate Change.
November 27, 2023
In the face of an escalating climate crisis, the world finds itself at a crossroads. Multiple reports ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) paint a grim picture. This year has been the warmest on record. And last week the United Nations projected that under current pledges we are on track for an average global warming of 2.5-2.9 degrees Celsius (3.8-5.2 degrees F), which would be disastrous for the wellbeing of humans and millions of other species.
According to the State of Climate Action report issued this month, we are falling woefully short of meeting critical climate targets, with only one of 42 indicators - the share of electric vehicles in passenger car sales - on track to meet its 2030 target.