The United Nations Climate Action Summit will be held in New York on the 23rd (midnight at 23rd Japan time) with the participation of leaders from various countries to stop global warming. About 60 countries, including European countries, China, and India, will be on stage to announce additional targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. On the other hand, in the US and Japan, leaders did not participate, there was no opportunity to enter the stage, and the temperature difference was highlighted.
Mr. Guterres said that the pace of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has been slow even after the adoption of the international framework for global warming countermeasures, “Paris Agreement”. I am worried that I will not be able to achieve the goal set by the agreement to keep it below 1.5 degrees. To strengthen measures, ▽ No real greenhouse gas emissions until 2050, 45% reduction by 30 years ▽ Cancellation of new coal-fired power generation after 2020 ▽ Prohibition of fossil fuel subsidies ▽ Tax on emissions Each country was asked to introduce a carbon tax to be imposed.
At the meeting on the 22nd, he said, “The summit asks countries to take a strong stance toward combating global warming.” The summit is expected to emphasize that it is a “climate emergency”.
The summit will include representatives from over 60 countries, including Prime Minister Modi of India, French President Macron, and British Prime Minister Johnson. Merkel talks about new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% in 30 years, and the UK, European countries, Chile and others are expected to declare zero real emissions in 50 years. Argentina, Costa Rica, France, etc. will also announce that they will submit reduction targets by 30 years by next year.
China is the world's largest greenhouse gas emissions countries on behalf of the Xi Jinping Jintao, Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister to speech. There are plans to promise to accelerate global warming countermeasures, but there are criticisms that coal-fired power is being supported in Asian and African countries through “One Belt and One Road” development investment.
Meanwhile, President Trump is absent from the US, the world's second largest emission country. President Trump, who has declared the departure of the Paris Agreement, plans to hold “Religious Freedom” and a bilateral meeting in New York on the same day as the summit. The White House officials say that “We place emphasis on bilateral relations. Individual diplomacy is the president's strength” and distances from the United Nations multilateral diplomacy.
In Japan, there is no statement of an accumulation of reduction targets, etc. Shinjiro Koizumi will enter the venue, but no stage is scheduled. (New York = Keisuke Katori)