'Every country should declare a state of climate emergency': UN chief tells world leaders

World leers should declare "climate emergency" in ir respective countries, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks at a climate summit that marked fifth anniversary of Paris climate accord. In a virtual dress to leers of world on December 12, UN chief urged that re was a “state of emergency” with respect to global climate change and nations were unable to meet targets set in 2015. Guterres said that re weren’t considerable efforts from countries to cut global emissions by 45 percent by 2030 from 2010 levels. “Promises were t eugh,” UN chief iterated, ding that re is an urgency for revised and strengned international contributions.

“Five years after Paris, we are still t going in right direction,” UN Secretary-General said at Climate Ambition Summit.

“Paris promised to limit temperature rise to as close to 1.5°C as possible, but commitments me in Paris were far from eugh to get re.”

Furrmore, UN chief called on world leers to declare a state of climate emergency in ir countries until carbon neutrality was reached. “Some 38 countries have alrey done so, recognizing urgency and stakes,” he said. Guterres told world leers that revised targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by Paris accord signatories were to be submitted before 26th Conference of Parties, to be held in Glasgow, which has been postponed a year duet COVID-19. 

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[ largely power self-sufficient Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) towers in Milan, Italy. Credit: UN]

Nations to 'reduce' carbon footprint

More than 70 world leers dressed one-day virtual climate summit meeting to discuss measures, policies, and stricter actions to dress global warming. Countries worldwide came forward to strengn national climate plans (NDCs), as per UN’s live cover. UK anunced that it will cut emissions by 68 percent, meanwhile, European Union bloc committed to a 55 percent, Pakistan scrapped its new coal power plants, and India resolved to double its renewable energy target, and China committed to n-fossil fuel as its primary energy consumption, increasing it about 25 percent by 2030. At least 24 countries anunced new commitments, strategies, or plans to reduce ir carbon footprint.

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