According to Patricia Espinosa, the resigning UN chief climate officer, it is not acceptable to plead challenging times, as climate change is exploding.
Worldwide crises must not divert attention from urgent climate action, says the UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa. There are several international crises in the world, such as the war in Ukraine, the corona pandemic and its effects, and the economic, energy and food crises.
According to Espinosa, who is stepping down, it is not acceptable to rely on challenging times, as climate change is exploding.
“We can no longer afford to move forward only gradually. We need to move the negotiations forward faster. The world is waiting for it. ”
Espinosa opened the UN Climate Change Conference in Germany with a speech on Monday. The conference will lay the groundwork for major UN talks to be held in Egypt this year.
The IPCC report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that without immediate and far-reaching cuts in emissions by all sectors by 2025, it will be impossible to halt global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. According to the report, crucial moments are underway for global warming.
In the current situation the world is unlikely to be able to meet its commitment under the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global warming to well below two degrees and preferably 1.5 degrees.
Interview with AFP, director of the Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung Johan Rockström says there is a gap between climate action and scientific evidence.
“This is very worrying,” Rockström says.
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