COP26 Opening tomorrow Focus on whether the international community can take unified measures

The United Nations Conference on Climate Change Countermeasures "COP26" will open in the United Kingdom from the 31st of Japan time with the participation of 197 countries and regions.

With record heat waves and heavy rains occurring one after another in various parts of the world and a growing sense of crisis about climate change, there is great interest in whether the international community can take unified measures to strengthen greenhouse gas emission reductions. It has been sent.

The "COP" has been held every year since 1995, and the 26th time, which was postponed for one year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, will be held from 31st to 12th next month in Glasgow, northern England.

197 countries and regions discussed climate change countermeasures, and on the 1st and 2nd of next month immediately after the opening, a meeting was held with the participation of about 130 country and region leaders, including Prime Minister Kishida and President Biden of the United States. It will be opened.

After that, ministers and others will participate in discussions toward the adoption of the outcome document, and NGOs and young people will participate in various events.

The main focus of COP26 is whether participating countries can work together to limit the rise in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

On the 26th, the United Nations announced that even if it achieved the greenhouse gas reduction targets already announced by each country, the temperature rise would exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, and it will be watched whether it can further strengthen the reduction.

In addition, "adaptation" measures to minimize the impact and damage of heavy rains and rising sea levels, funding from developed countries to reduce emissions in developing countries, and coal-fired power generation that emits large amounts of greenhouse gases The issue is how to deal with.

"The world is at a critical turning point, it's time to take responsibility for the destruction not only to the earth, but to ourselves," Britain's Prime Minister Johnson, who presides over, said in a speech at the UN General Assembly last month. Said.

At COP26, which will have a major impact on future climate change countermeasures, there is a great deal of interest from around the world as to what measures the international community will take.