The COP26, the decisive climate summit which will open at the end of October in Glasgow, will be a
"turning point for humanity,"
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Wednesday (September 22nd) at the UN, calling on the world to do so. finally, proof of
"maturity"
and
"wisdom"
.
"It is time for humanity to grow,"
he said from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in a passionate speech entirely devoted to the climate crisis.
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"It is time for us to listen to the warnings of scientists,"
he said.
He again warned that our
"beautiful planet"
was in danger of becoming
"uninhabitable"
,
"not only for us but for many other species"
, for lack of action against global warming.
“This is why the Glasgow COP26 is the turning point for humanity.
We must limit the rise in temperatures, ”
he said.
"We must show that we have the maturity and the wisdom to act,"
he added, while noting that the time was
"sorely"
lacking.
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His speech comes a few days after the publication of a UN report which concludes that limiting global warming to 1.5 ° C is impossible without an immediate and massive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, signed at COP21, called for limiting global warming to less than 2 ° C above pre-industrial level, and ideally 1.5 ° C. But on the basis of the current commitments of the member states of the agreement,
"the world is on the catastrophic path of 2.7 ° C"
, recently warned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, stressing that without change of
“trajectory”
, the COP26 in Scotland risks ending in failure.Boris Johnson called on countries to
“Go further”
and
“go faster”
in reducing emissions.
