Declaring that the fate of humanity is at stake, President Irfaan Ali has urged world leaders to make bold decisions on emissions reductions at next week’s COP26 climate conference in Scotland.
Addressing the United Nations’ High-level Thematic Debate: `Delivering Climate Action: for People, Planet & Prosperity’ on Tuesday, Ali said that climate change “continues to be one of humanity’s foremost existential threats”.
He said that it was disturbing that the world is not on track to achieve the global temperature goals set under the Paris Agreement on climate change. He noted that science has emphasized the importance and urgency of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by the end of this century to avoid irreversible changes in the environment.
