{"id":116894,"date":"2023-09-18T07:58:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T04:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/the-world-is-watching-leaders-set-to-kickstart-climate-ambitions-at-un-summit-next-week\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T07:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T04:58:11","slug":"the-world-is-watching-leaders-set-to-kickstart-climate-ambitions-at-un-summit-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/the-world-is-watching-leaders-set-to-kickstart-climate-ambitions-at-un-summit-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The world is watching\u2019: Leaders set to kickstart climate ambitions at UN summit next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116894\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nCountries are being encouraged to up their climate commitments. This \u2018critical political milestone\u2019 hopes to demonstrate a global will for more ambitious climate action. Next week, world leaders are due to meet with the goal of keeping the Paris Agreement alive. The Climate Ambition Summit will take place on 20 September after heads of state and government meet for general UN talks.<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of the Global Stocktake &#8211; the world\u2019s first climate change \u2018report card\u2019 &#8211; it&#8217;s clear that some countries are falling behind on their pledges. This summit hopes to kick-start action on ambitious new commitments, transforming words into action. In the words of UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, \u201cThe world is watching &#8211; and the planet can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN says the Climate Ambition Summit represents a \u201ccritical political milestone\u201d in demonstrating a collective will to accelerate efforts to keep global warming to 1.5C. It follows a call from Guterres for countries &#8211; especially members of the G20 &#8211; to cooperate on accelerating climate action. The to-do list includes discussing how best to move from fossil fuels to clean energy, rapid cuts to emissions and commitment to science-based action.<\/p>\n<p>The three key pillars of the summit are ambition, credibility and implementation. Climate justice is another topic high on the agenda. While people in countries least responsible for the climate crisis suffer from the worst of its impact, they need help to adapt and recover from loss and damage.<\/p>\n<p>At the recent Africa Climate Summit, African heads of state unanimously called for a global carbon tax to fund resources for poorer nations. And &#8211; with this position informing their negotiations at COP28 in Dubai later this year &#8211; where the money for loss and damage comes from is likely to be an important subject of discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the schedule is the credibility of net zero pledges. Countries have been asked to take \u201cclearly defined, concrete actions\u201d to reach net zero faster &#8211; as close as possible to 2040 for developed nations and 2050 for emerging countries. But what constitutes a credible net zero commitment? How can the world ensure that voluntary pledges actually happen? And how do we avoid greenwashing? The summit is hoping that some of the most ambitious leaders in businesses, cities and regions can show others the way.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres called on world leaders to attend the Climate Ambition Summit to hear from the \u201cfirst movers and doers\u201d in government, civil society, local authorities, finance and business. It will showcase leaders who have answered his call for accelerated action. That means those with \u201ccredible, serious and new climate action and nature-based solutions that will move the needle forward and respond to the urgency of the climate crisis\u201d, according to the secretary general.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders and heads of state from the world\u2019s biggest economies including US President Joe Biden are likely to be there but some have already confirmed they won\u2019t attend &#8211; like UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He will be the country\u2019s first PM in a decade to avoid the UN general assembly. There have been suggestions that the UK\u2019s recent decision to approve new oil and gas fields in the North Sea and wavering commitments to its Paris Agreement pledges may mean he isn\u2019t welcome to take part in discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Though other members of the UK government will be there, campaigners from the civil society group #StopRosebank called Sunak\u2019s decision \u201cfrankly embarrassing\u201d. Some have also questioned the inclusion of leaders of the world\u2019s most polluting countries, saying their participation undermines the ambition of the summit. But whether Guterres chooses to exclude countries that aren\u2019t on track to meet their Paris Agreement pledges remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/09\/17\/the-world-is-watching-leaders-set-to-kickstart-climate-ambitions-at-un-summit-next-week\">Euronews Green<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/the-world-is-watching-leaders-set-to-kickstart-climate-ambitions-at-un-summit-next-week\/\">\u2018The world is watching\u2019: Leaders set to kickstart climate ambitions at UN summit next week<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[11505,612,575,976,402],"class_list":["post-116894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ambitions","tag-climate","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-summit","tag-un"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}