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COP26 chief asks world leaders to avoid failure

“The success or failure of COP26 is in your hands, as well as the future of the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to +1.5 ºC, compared to the pre-industrial era”, said.

And he added: “We have made progress but there is still a long way to go on four key points: reducing emissions, adapting to the effects of climate change, financing the poorest countries or international cooperation. It is crucially important that the leaders do it. “

“More than 120 world leaders” confirmed their presence in Glasgow, during the opening summit of COP26 on November 1 and 2, he repeated, without giving specific names. Tensions between the United States and China raise concerns about the progress of the climate negotiations.

The G20 summit, on October 30 and 31 in Rome, on the eve of COP26, “will be an occasion to move forward” and the messages that emerge on the fight against climate change “will be of vital importance,” Sharma explained. Even though countries such as China and India, large emitters, have not delivered their nationally determined contributions of future emission reductions (NDC), as foreseen by the Paris Agreement.

“I hope that in the remaining 19 days (until COP) we will see new NDCs, including those from the G20, who have not delivered more ambitious new contributions,” he said.

“The COP is not there to take a photo, it is not a forum for discussion. It should be the place where the world is set on the climate path, and that is the responsibility of the leaders.”, he insisted and closed: “I think they understand the responsibility before them.”

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