The US president calls for union in this fight.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, vehemently invited the most developed countries to financially support developing countries in search of improvements that must be made immediately to combat the grave and dire consequences of climate change.
“The science is clear: We only have a short window to increase our ambition and rise to the threat of climate change,” stressed Biden while accepting responsibility for his country and the world’s most powerful nations in the process of deforestation and pollution of the planet. The president indicated, in a conciliatory tone, that there is no time to lose or to fight among them, since the threat that global warming poses to life on the planet is imminent and does not allow any more waiting.
Biden, who also participated in the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, and will be at least two more days in Glasgow, Scotland, seeks that both, the United States and the rest of the participating countries, heed this “call of history” to face these immense challenges.
Angela Merkel’s latest climate summit
For the German Chancellor, who actively participates in her last climate summit, it is important that on November 12 this event culminates with more ambitious goals than those it has started with, pointing that the current objectives for reducing carbon emissions will not allow reaching the ones where we should be.
For this, Merkel insisted on the need to agree on mechanisms that allow measuring the progress, or delays, of each nation, urgently seeking the implementation of the Paris Agreement (2015) in which the heads of state had promised to try to limit warming of the planet by 1.5 degrees celcius. Like Biden, Merkel points out that the greatest responsibility lies with the richest countries, which are delaying their promises, not only to cut the emission of toxic gases, but also to finance this fight in developing countries, for which they should contribute with 100 billion dollars annually.
UK and France
The host of COP26, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, recalled being in Paris 6 years ago and pointed out that unless they act effectively and swiftly at this summit, “the anger and impatience” of the world cannot be controlled. In addition, Johnson invited all nations to work as a team and be realistic about climate change.
While recalling that each country must take this responsibility seriously, because if they do not it will be too late for children tomorrow, Johnson also highlighted India’s initiative to expand its renewable sources by 2030 so that they generate half of the energy needed in this nation, something with which the United Kingdom will support this populous country.
For his part, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced measures to lead France to the ecological transition and announced that he is willing to work with other countries to not only comply with what was agreed in his country in 2015, but also to go further “mobilizing together to move mountains” and defeating deforestation definitively.
China
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who had previously apologized for not attending COP26, shared a written statement. In this it is announced that the main emitter in the world will increase the speed to make the transition towards renewable and green energy sources.
Jinping emphasized, like Western leaders, the need for cooperation among developed countries, noting that “developed countries should not only do more for themselves, but should also provide support to help developing countries to do better. “
The summit, on which all the eyes of the world are at this time, will run until next Friday, November 12. (https://aldianews.com/articles/culture/environment/cop26-biden-makes-direct-call-rich-countries-glasgow/67725)
