On the eve of the Climate Change Summit (COP27) kicking off on Sunday in the Egyptian resort, Guterres assured the British Guardian that there is no way to avoid catastrophe if the two parties cannot strike a historic agreement. Sharm El-Shaikh.
According to the UN chief, the developed world is not able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions fast enough, nor is it providing the money poor countries need to cope with the impact of extreme weather events.
He stressed that stark climatic disparities between rich nations responsible for most polluting emissions, and poor nations, which bear the brunt of these impacts, is the main issue that must be addressed (in COP 27). After warning that continuing with current policies would be disastrous.
He explained that the landmark agreement must include new commitments to finance the fight against climate change, and strengthen goals to reduce the release of carbon gases into the atmosphere that cause global warming.
According to Guterres, the agreement should also include the creation of mechanisms to create funds that will allow the rescue and rehabilitation of countries whose physical and social infrastructure have been destroyed by climate-related disasters.
The international official said, “We need to ensure that responsibilities are assumed and that effective support is provided to countries that suffer from the most dramatic levels of losses and damages, after stressing that this issue has been postponed, postponed and postponed.”
Guterres, who will be responsible for opening COP27 with the highest Egyptian authorities, also urged the United States and China to improve their bilateral relations, after noting that without joint action between the two largest carbon exporters, this would be impossible. to reverse actual trends.
At the COP26 conference held last year in the Scottish city of Glasgow, it was agreed to work to comply with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, but a report published by the United Nations days ago warned that. Current policies, temperatures will rise to 2.5 degrees Celsius.
We are approaching a tipping point that will lead to irreversible effects, some of which are hard to imagine, Guterres said.
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