The Earth's temperature in 2020 reached a record high in 3 million years.It seems to be a commitment that
Let us remind you that the obligations that I recalledGuterres, adopted by countries under the Paris Agreement. It was adopted as part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which regulates measures to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from 2020.
According to the UN Secretary-General, humanity is now "on the brink of an abyss."
"In line with current commitments, we remain on track for a catastrophic 2.4 degree temperature rise by the end of the century.We are standing on the edge of the abyss," he warned .
"But if we work together, we can prevent the worst effects of climate destabilization and use the post-pandemic recovery to put ourselves on a cleaner and greener development path," he said. Guterres.
The UN Secretary General also called on international credit agencies to stop financing large fossil fuel projects, which, according to him, are no longer economic investments.
UN Secretary General António Guterres inIn his speech, he also noted that the G7 countries must make “substantial” commitments to finance the fight against climate change, and even double them.
Earlier, Drew Shindell, a professor of climate science at Duke University in the United States, said that humanity needs to take urgent action to reduce methane emissions this decade.
“To achieve global climate targets, weshould reduce methane emissions, as well as urgently reduce carbon dioxide emissions, - said Shindell. “The good news is that most of the necessary actions are not only beneficial for the climate, but also for health and finance, and all the necessary technologies are already available.”
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