The United Nations Climate Action Summit, held in New York on the 23rd, pledged that 77 countries would achieve zero emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide in 2050. China and India, on the other hand, have not shown a specific path for reducing greenhouse gases, and Japan and the United States have not even had the opportunity to enter. The summit, which was held for the first time in five years with the aim of accelerating global warming countermeasures, marked the sluggishness of major emitting countries along with the results.
The international rule “Paris Agreement” for global warming countermeasures aims to keep the temperature rise from before the Industrial Revolution below 2 degrees, preferably below 1.5 degrees. Each country submits its own greenhouse gas reduction target, but even if the current target for each country is achieved, it will rise about 3 times.
UN Secretary General Guterres, who held the summit, called for accumulating reduction targets with prior figures such as zero real emissions in 50 years and 45% reduction in 30 years. Countries with concrete declarations have opportunities to speak, but without them the leaders will not be on stage. They tried to accelerate measures by clearly showing positive and passive countries and appealing to public opinion.
There are 185 parties to the Paris Agreement. According to the United Nations, 70 countries have set new targets for 30 years by the summit next year, and 77 countries have announced zero emissions in 50 years. This is because it is necessary to make the whole world zero in 50 years to keep it at 1.5 degrees. At the closing, Mr. Guterres praised, “We were able to boost momentum, cooperation and ambition.”
Japan ranked fifth in terms of emissions
On the other hand, the movement of major emitting countries was slow. Mr. Wang Yi, State Commissioner and Foreign Minister of China, the world's largest emitting country, stressed the results of afforestation. He stated that the promise will be “realized as planned” and no new goals will be presented. The third-ranked Prime Minister of India, Modi, promised to expand renewable energy, but did not declare a new goal.
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