Delegates and officials take their seats for the procedural opening of the COP26 United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, October 31, 2021.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave a mixed verdict on climate change agreements at the Group of 20 summit, saying he expected more ambitious commitments at the UN climate summit in Glasgow.
G-20 leaders agreed to end financing for new overseas coal plants during their two-day meeting in Rome, but did not set a specific year to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
The Group of Seven prosperous democracies have set 2050 to achieve that goal, while G20 members China, Russia and Saudi Arabia have set 2060.
“I leave Rome with my hopes up, but at least he’s not buried,” Guterres tweeted.
“Further to #COP26 in Glasgow to survive the 1.5 degree target and to implement promises on finance and adaptation for people and the planet.” Guterres told the G-20 that “greater ambition” in reducing greenhouse gas emissions is needed to keep the world on a path to keeping global average temperature rise to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) by the end of the century. Was.
The G-20 acknowledged that the impact is “very low” with 1.5 °C, but also reiterated the lax targets of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which “pursues efforts” to rise under 2 °C (3.6 °F). To keep “well”. To achieve a range of 1.5 degrees.
The difference may seem minor, but the UN Scientific Committee has underlined that the disruption from climate impacts such as rising seas and extreme weather is much less at 1.5 °C than at 2 °C.
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