For the first time in human history: UN announces emergency climate - ForumDaily
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For the first time in human history: UN announces emergency climate

The rapid melting of glaciers in Greenland, where 179 billion tons of ice melted only in July, fires in Siberia, Alaska, Canada and the Amazon in June and July of this year led to the release of tens of megatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Photo: Facebook / The White House

All that is happening is a climate emergency, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the G7 summit, they report.UN News«.

The head of the UN emphasized that he had come to a meeting of world leaders to mobilize political will to participate in the Climate Summit organized by him, which will be held in September in New York as part of the UN General Assembly.

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“According to the World Meteorological Organization, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached the highest level in the history of mankind: such a level of CO2 existed 3-5 millions of years ago, then the temperature was much higher and the sea level was from 10 to 20 meters higher "Said the Secretary General.

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“Everything that happens is an extreme climate situation. Today it is much worse than in Paris [at the time of the adoption of the Paris climate agreement in 2015 - ed.]. And scientific evidence confirms this. According to experts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we must keep the temperature increase within 1,5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 year, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by 2030 year, ”the UN head said. .

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He stressed that countries should do more to implement the Paris Agreement. Many of the pledges made in Paris to fight climate change are not fulfilled, said Guterres. Moreover, the measures provided for by this agreement are no longer sufficient, the Secretary-General said.

“The G7 summit is a great opportunity to address the international community... The G7 countries should become an example for other countries,” the UN chief said.

Forum Daily wrote earlier:

  • In 2017, American President Donald Trump He has made a decision on the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.
  • Although the process of withdrawing from the agreement will take several years, the United States may become one of the few countries on Earth that completely rejects the threat of climate change, and Trump’s decision can complicate America’s already tense relations with European allies and growing powers such as China and India.

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