Five years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement Declares a UN "climate emergency" and seeks countermeasures

Five years have passed since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, an international framework for combating global warming, and an online summit meeting was held, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the leaders of each country "Climate." We declared "an emergency situation" and called for further measures.

The Paris Agreement is an international framework for global warming countermeasures adopted in 2015, with the goal of making efforts to limit the rise in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to before the Industrial Revolution.

On the 12th, the United Nations, France, and the United Kingdom held a summit-level meeting online to coincide with the five years since its adoption.

In this, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern that "five years after the Paris Agreement, we are not moving in the right direction. If nothing is done, it will lead to a catastrophic temperature rise of more than 3 degrees Celsius during this century." It was.

After that, he declared a "climate emergency" to the leaders of each country and urged them to take further measures to reduce greenhouse gases.

At this meeting, EU-European Union Chairman Von der Leyen announced that 27 EU countries had agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030. ..

The United Nations is calling on governments to submit more ambitious reduction targets by COP26, a conference to discuss global warming countermeasures in the United Kingdom next November, which will be the focus of the future.

China Xi announces raising CO2 emission reduction target

Xi Jinping Jintao of China, submitted a video message at a meeting to discuss measures of climate change, carbon dioxide emissions per GDP = gross domestic product, a policy to reduce 2005 as compared to 65 percent more than in 2030 I made it clear.

China has so far stated in its international commitment that it will reduce carbon dioxide emissions per GDP by 60% to 65% compared to 2005 by 2030, but it has raised its previous target.

In addition, President Xi has announced that he will increase the installed capacity of solar and wind power generation to more than 1.2 billion kW by 2030.

In addition, President Xi said, "China will steadily achieve its goals and contribute to global climate variability countermeasures," and emphasized its stance of actively working on climate variability countermeasures.