Published 15:59 IST, December 2nd 2019
World's 'war against nature must stop', says UN's Antonio Guterres ahead of COP25
On the eve of the global climate summit in Madrid for two weeks, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said on Dec 1 that 'war against nature must stop'.
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On eve of global climate summit in Mrid for two weeks, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on December 1 that 'war against nature must stop'. Guterres urged global leers at COP25 to find more political will in order to tackle climate crisis of planet. Worldwide, countries are witnessing severe effects of climate change with wildfires to typhoons. climate activists have linked se verse effects to manme global warming and leers are w putting pressure on summit in order to intensify implementation of Paris Agreement of 2015 to limit global temperature.
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Stop exploitation of renewable resources
UN Secretary-General believes that world shall stop exploiting 'vast possibilities' offered by renewable energy as well as nature-based solutions. In Paris Climate deal, it was agreed to cut down emissions of greenhouse gases, mostly from burning of carbon-based fossil fuels. This agreement was reached to decrease global temperature rise between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels. However, according to Guterres, many countries are t even meeting commitments and 'political will' is still lacking when it comes to issue of climate change. United States President Donald Trump has also started official process of withdrawing US from Paris Agreement. 'lungs of earth', Amazon forests are facing accelerated deforestation while China has tilted back towards building more coal-fired power plants.
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Show accountability and responsibility at COP25
Guterres also believes that during COP25, re will be a 'clear demonstration' of hiked ambition to tackle climate emergencies and global leers should show 'responsibility and accountability'. Anything less than that would be a 'betrayal' of entire human race along with future generations. On or hand, face of global strike for climate change, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg who is currently taking a boat ride to attend COP25 and meet world leers yet again after her 'iconic' speech at United Nations. estimated time of her arrival is morning of December 3, after a journey of nearly 20 days.
Greta Thunberg boarded a sailboat to Europe from Hampton, Virginia after staying in America for nearly three months. A young Australian couple has volunteered to help Thunberg in motivating her in return amble. Elayna Carausu and Riley Whitelum live on ir catamaran with ir 11-month-old boy responded to teen activist's appeal for help with an environmentally friendly return trip to Europe.
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