“We are determined to act. Responding and fighting climate change I see the opportunity to create millions of jobs. This is the decisive decade to avoid the worst consequences: we must act. This summit is the first step on the path we must take together. “: said US President Joe Biden from the East Room of the White House, starting the work of the summit of world leaders on climate.
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by our correspondent Alberto D’Argenio
So Biden announced at the Summit of Climate Leaders its new commitment to halve emissions by 50-52 percent by 2030. And explicitly said that the future US goal will be to achieve a “zero emissions” economy by 2030. 2050. In his speech at the opening of the event, held in virtual format, the head of the White House invited his colleagues around the world to accelerate their respective plans for greenhouse gas emissions.
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The risk, he warned, is a “collective disaster: the signs are unequivocal, science is incontrovertible and the cost of inaction continues to rise”. Second Bidenhowever, reversing now also means opening up new opportunities. “The countries that take decisive action now will be the ones that grasp the upcoming clean energy boom,” he said.
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The new goal, considerably more ambitious than the previous one set by former President Barack Obama’s administration (25-28 percent cut in emissions by 2025), is “the goal we want to achieve as a nation, and that’s where we can go. if we start building an economy that is not only more prosperous, but also healthier, fairer and cleaner for the entire planet. “
Guterres (UN): on the brink of the abyss, do not waste Covid funds
“We are on the brink of the abyss, we must be sure that the next step is in the decisive and right direction”, is the warning that the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched when speaking at the virtual climate summit promoted by the administration. Biden. Guterres called for the creation of a ” global coalition for zero emissions ” to tackle climate change, calling on ” leaders around the world to act ” and ” not to waste billions of dollars for the economic recovery of the Covid ”. That “this is money that we are borrowing for future generations and that we cannot use to destroy the planet”, he added, urging to implement “ambitious projects, policies and direct investments in zero-emission routes” for “next ten years”, underlining the priority role of “more developed countries”. It is time, he added, to “translate the commitments made into concrete actions to reduce pollution”. “Last year there were record temperatures with a rise of 1.2 degrees,” he continued, recalling that so far only 18 percent of the funds allocated to the recovery from the pandemic have been spent on mitigating emissions and climate change.
Trudeau: Canada cuts emissions by 45% by 2030
Canada aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40-45% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. This was announced by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking (in English and French) at the virtual summit on climate change promoted by Joe Biden. Previously, the Ottawa target was 30%.
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