Berlin, June 6 (BNA): The UN Secretary-General has urged the need to maintain hope and focus on tackling global warming despite the many obstacles to international cooperation now – including the war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, food shortages and rising energy costs. Monday.
Patricia Espinosa, whose second term as head of the UN climate office ends this year, spoke at the start of a 10-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, where diplomats from around the world will try to lay the foundations for this international climate summit. in Egypt.
“I appeal to all of you, especially in these difficult and difficult times, not to lose hope, not to lose focus, but to use our united efforts against climate change as the ultimate act of unity among nations,” she said.
Since the signing of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, most countries have intensified their efforts to reduce the greenhouse gases that underlie man-made global warming.
But these pledges collectively are still less than what would be needed to limit pre-industrial warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) by the end of the century.
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