The leaders of the 20 richest countries will recognize the existential threat posed by climate change according to a draft final announcement held by Reuters.
The Group of 20 (G20) whose leaders meet in Rome tomorrow and the day after before heading to Glasgow, Scotland for a UN summit, will promise to receive urgent measures in order to limit it increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Although the Paris landmark agreement in 2015 committed the signatory countries to keep global warming “well below” 2 degrees from pre-industrial levels, and preferably at 1.5 degrees, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have risen.
“We are committed to meeting its existential challenge climate changeSays the G20 draft, which could change, however, as people around the world prepare to take to the streets to demonstrate their desire for political action.
“We recognize the impact of climate change [του περιορισμού της αύξησης της θερμοκρασίας] at 1.5 degrees is much below 2 degrees and how immediate action must be taken in order for the goal of 1.5 points to remain achievable “is added.
Her announcement G20, which accounts for an estimated 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions, said its members recognize “how important it is to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions or carbon neutrality by 2050”.
Countries threatened by rising sea levels are calling for immediate action
But countries at the forefront of the campaign against climate change, as threatened by sea level rise, they want immediate action.
“We need real action now. “We can not wait until 2050, it is a matter of survival for us,” said Anot Tong, a former president of Kiribati. twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
His experts UN say the 2050 deadline is crucial to limit the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, but some of the countries with the highest emissions say they can not meet that target, with China country with the highest carbon emissions by far, to have set a target in 2060.
In the draft final announcement of the G20, 2050 appears in parentheses, which shows that it is still a subject of negotiations.
The commitments made so far for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions lead to an average 2.7 degree Celsius rise in temperature this century, a UN report said on Tuesday (October 26th).
Tong predicted that his country of 33 atolls and islands just a few meters above sea level would become uninhabitable in 30 to 60 years, and Pacific Island leaders said they would call for immediate action in Glasgow, initially focusing its efforts on G20 leaders for sweeping change.
“A strong commitment and a strong outcome of the G20 Summit in Rome will pave the way for an ambitious and successful COP26,” he said in a statement. Henry Puna, former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands and now secretary of the Pacific Islands Forum. “We do not have the luxury of time and we must join forces urgently and fulfill the required ambition at COP26 in order to secure the future of all of humanity and our planet,” Puna said.
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