{"id":4992,"date":"2023-03-21T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:51:18","slug":"un-secretary-generals-ambitious-climate-protection-call-met-with-quiet-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/un-secretary-generals-ambitious-climate-protection-call-met-with-quiet-response\/2023\/03\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"UN secretary-general’s ambitious climate protection call met with quiet response"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERLIN<\/span> (AFP)<\/span> —<\/span> At<\/span> the<\/span> climate<\/span> conference<\/span> in<\/span> Copenhagen<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> government<\/span> officials<\/span> muted<\/span> the<\/span> UN<\/span> secretary-general’s<\/span> call<\/span> for<\/span> countries<\/span> to<\/span> show<\/span> more<\/span> ambition<\/span> to<\/span> cut<\/span> greenhouse<\/span> gas<\/span> emissions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>UN<\/span> Secretary-General<\/span> Ant\u00f3nio<\/span> Guterres<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> urged<\/span> rich<\/span> countries<\/span> to<\/span> advance<\/span> their<\/span> goals<\/span> of<\/span> achieving<\/span> net-zero<\/span> emissions<\/span> as<\/span> close<\/span> to<\/span> 2040<\/span> as<\/span> possible,<\/span> while<\/span> emerging<\/span> economies<\/span> aim<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> date<\/span> as<\/span> close<\/span> to<\/span> 2050<\/span> as<\/span> possible.<\/span> urged<\/span> to<\/span> This<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> a<\/span> significant<\/span> change<\/span> from<\/span> his<\/span> post<\/span> in<\/span> goal.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> European<\/span> Union<\/span> are<\/span> currently<\/span> targeting<\/span> net<\/span> zero<\/span> by<\/span> 2050,<\/span> while<\/span> China<\/span> has<\/span> set<\/span> his<\/span> 2060<\/span> target<\/span> and<\/span> India<\/span> has<\/span> his<\/span> 2070<\/span> target.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Guterres’<\/span> call<\/span> was<\/span> made<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> video<\/span> message<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> report<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations’<\/span> top<\/span> climate<\/span> science<\/span> body.<\/span> The<\/span> report<\/span> found<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span> is<\/span> still<\/span> far<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> road<\/span> in<\/span> estimating<\/span> global<\/span> warming<\/span> to<\/span> 1.5<\/span> degrees<\/span> Celsius<\/span> (2,7<\/span> degrees<\/span> Fahrenheit)<\/span> compared<\/span> to<\/span> pre-industrial<\/span> times.<\/span> ,<\/span> as<\/span> agreed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 2015<\/span> Paris<\/span> Agreement.<\/span> He<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> attend<\/span> the<\/span> Copenhagen<\/span> conference.<\/span> At<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> two-day<\/span> meeting<\/span> of<\/span> senior<\/span> officials<\/span> from<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> countries<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Danish<\/span> capital,<\/span> Egypt’s<\/span> foreign<\/span> minister<\/span> said<\/span> there<\/span> was<\/span> no<\/span> “concrete<\/span> answer<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> ambitious<\/span> targets<\/span> set<\/span> by<\/span> Guterres.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sameh<\/span> Shoukry,<\/span> who<\/span> chaired<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> Climate<\/span> Change<\/span> Conference<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> country<\/span> last<\/span> year,<\/span> said:<\/span> “We<\/span> are<\/span> confident<\/span> that<\/span> these<\/span> goals<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> addressed<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> national<\/span> context<\/span> and<\/span> within<\/span> national<\/span> possibilities.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Shoukri<\/span> said<\/span> Egypt<\/span> must<\/span> rely<\/span> on<\/span> technology<\/span> transfer<\/span> “from<\/span> friends<\/span> and<\/span> partners”<\/span> to<\/span> reduce<\/span> fossil<\/span> fuels<\/span> and<\/span> increase<\/span> its<\/span> use<\/span> of<\/span> renewable<\/span> energy.<\/span> The<\/span> country<\/span> has<\/span> already<\/span> benefited<\/span> from<\/span> many<\/span> deals<\/span> and<\/span> investments<\/span> to<\/span> green<\/span> the<\/span> economy<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> years.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Denmark’s<\/span> climate<\/span> minister<\/span> Dan<\/span> Jorgensen<\/span> recently<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> has<\/span> accelerated<\/span> its<\/span> net-zero<\/span> target<\/span> to<\/span> 2045<\/span> and<\/span> aims<\/span> to<\/span> capture<\/span> more<\/span> carbon<\/span> by<\/span> 2050<\/span> than<\/span> it<\/span> emits.<\/span> Denmark<\/span> has<\/span> a<\/span> target<\/span> of<\/span> net<\/span> zero<\/span> by<\/span> 2045,<\/span> and<\/span> neighbor<\/span> Germany<\/span> has<\/span> also<\/span> indicated<\/span> its<\/span> intention<\/span> to<\/span> reach<\/span> that<\/span> target<\/span> by<\/span> 2035,<\/span> putting<\/span> Denmark<\/span> well<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> most<\/span> developed<\/span> countries.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Copenhagen<\/span> conference<\/span> is<\/span> he<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> several<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> climate<\/span> change<\/span> conference<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Arab<\/span> Emirates<\/span> later<\/span> this<\/span> year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Asked<\/span> whether<\/span> negotiations<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> resumed<\/span> at<\/span> that<\/span> summit<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> global<\/span> commitment<\/span> to<\/span> phase<\/span> out<\/span> all<\/span> fossil<\/span> fuels,<\/span> Jorgensen<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> “no<\/span> doubt”<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> discussed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cWhether<\/span> we<\/span> can<\/span> achieve<\/span> that<\/span> result<\/span> in<\/span> Dubai<\/span> later<\/span> this<\/span> year,<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> hard<\/span> to<\/span> say,\u201d<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span> “But<\/span> I<\/span> think<\/span> it’s<\/span> safe<\/span> to<\/span> say<\/span> it<\/span> becomes<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> conversation.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Other<\/span> key<\/span> issues<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> resolved<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> coming<\/span> months<\/span> include<\/span> increasing<\/span> funding<\/span> for<\/span> poor<\/span> countries,<\/span> including<\/span> those<\/span> already<\/span> affected<\/span> by<\/span> global<\/span> warming,<\/span> and<\/span> reaching<\/span> the<\/span> signing<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> 2015<\/span> Paris<\/span> Climate<\/span> Agreement.<\/span> It<\/span> includes<\/span> an<\/span> assessment<\/span> of<\/span> what<\/span> has<\/span> happened<\/span> internationally<\/span> since<\/span> then.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BERLIN (AFP) — At the climate conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday, government officials muted the UN secretary-general’s call for countries to show more ambition to cut greenhouse gas emissions. UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Monday urged rich countries to advance their goals of achieving net-zero emissions as close to 2040 as possible, while emerging economies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562,714,1567,1568,2407,2425],"tags":[2353,2354,2355,2356,2357,2358,2359,2360,2361,2362,2363,2364,2365,2350,2366,2351,2367,2352,2368],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/un.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4992"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4995,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992\/revisions\/4995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}