The summit that changed the game was convened by Secretary General António Guterres together with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, host of the Cop30 conference that begins in November in the Amazon city of Belém.
At first, the main scientists of the Johan Rockström and Katharine Hayhoe climate provided a marked evaluation of global efforts so far to honor the Paris Agreement, the historical 2015 treaty that seeks to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
‘A deep concern’
Ten years later, greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming continue to increase, and the annual global temperature change exceeded 1.5 degrees for the first time last year.
“This is a deep concern,” said Professor Rockström, chief scientist of Conservation International. “An even deeper concern is that warming seems to be accelerated, overcoming emissions. “
However, it is still possible to meet the objective of 1.5 degrees and the two experts highlighted solutions, including the transition of fossil fuels to clean energy sources and transforming food systems to eliminate waste.
“We cannot avoid this catastrophe alone. But together, we can. When establishing stronger objectives, progress in faster terms and make deeper commitments, ”said Professor Hayhoe, a land winner of the UN 2019 champions.
The Secretary General António Guterres addresses the 2025 Climate Summit, a special high -level event on climatic action.
More action is needed: Guterres
According to the Paris Agreement, governments must present climatic plans called specific contributions nationwide (NDCS) to establish a bold action for the next decade.
The treaty has made the difference, said the general secretary, as the increase in projected global temperature decreased from four degrees to less than three in the last 10 years, if the current plans are completely implemented.
“Now, We need new plans for 2035 that go much further, and much faster“, Said.” Delivering dramatic cuts of emissions aligned with 1.5 degrees; covering all emissions and sectors; and accelerate a fair energy transition worldwide. “
He stressed that Cop30 “must conclude with a credible global response plan to put us on the road” and described five crucial areas for action: accelerate the transition to clean energy, drastically reduce methane gas emissions, forest conservation, reduce heavy industry emissions and guarantee climate justice for developing nations.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil is aimed at the 2025 Climate Summit, a special high -level event on climatic action.
Make your ‘homework’, set up Lula
With only a few weeks until Cop30, President Lula wondered “if the world will reach Belém with his task done.”
He said that “the energy transition opens the door to a productive and technological transformation comparable to the industrial revolution” and the NDCs “are the road map that will guide each country through this change.”
For its part, Brazil has pledged to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions between 59 percent and 67 percent, covering all sectors of the economy, he said, and continues the efforts to end deforestation by 2030.
China and Europe’s commitment
At the meeting, President Xi Jinping of China announced that by 2035, the country will reduce net greenhouse gas emissions throughout the economy throughout seven to 10 percent from maximum levels.
The country will also increase the participation of non -fossil fuels in total energy consumption to more than 30 percent, will expand wind and solar energy capacity six times compared to 2020 levels, and will make “new energy vehicles” the main current in sales of new vehicles, he said in a video message.
Meanwhile, “the clean transition is advancing” in the European Union, where emissions have dropped almost 40 percent since 1990, said the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
European countries are also “doubling global associations” and will continue to be the world’s largest climatic finance suppliers, he said, while mobilizing up to 300 billion euros to support the transition of clean energy worldwide.
Vulnerable nations ‘between hope and difficulties’
For Belize, the objective of 1.5 degrees “is not an aspiration”, but “a threshold between hope and difficulties, between flourishing communities and forced displacement, between shared prosperity and irreversible loss,” said Prime Minister Johnny Briceño.
Its new NDC covers concrete actions, such as expanding renewable electricity to cover 80 percent of domestic needs by 2035, restoring about 25,000 hectares of degraded forests and planting one million trees in the next three years.
“But allow me to be clear, ambition can only succeed if it corresponds to support for small vulnerable nations such as Belize.
“This means reduced and predictable finances; accessible technology and genuine associations,” he said, and said that “success depends on the fact that we all act urgently, solidarity and unprecedented climatic justice.”