COP26 must be a turning point for people and the planet,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in a press release on October 31 commenting on the report.Īs UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa pointed out in the press conference on October 31, a very concrete sign that climate change has moved up in the priority list is the 120- plus international leaders that have said they will participate in the world leaders’ summit on November 1 and 2. From the ocean depths to mountain tops, from melting glaciers to relentless extreme weather events, ecosystems and communities around the globe are being devastated. “The provisional WMO State of the Global Climate 2021 report draws from the latest scientific evidence to show how our planet is changing before our eyes. The strongly-stated report said, for example,“It is virtually certain that human-caused CO2 emissions are the main driver of current global acidification of the surface open ocean.” In simpler terms, President Sharma claimed, the report shows “incontrovertible evidence that climate change is caused by human behavior.”Īt the same time, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced on October 31 that the past seven years mark the warmest on record, with sea level rise at a new high. (Reports are released approximately once every six years.) In August 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its updated working report on the physical understanding of the climate system and climate change.

On many levels, this is a watershed conference happening at a critical time. We will succeed, or fail, as one.”īefore being COP President, Sharma was previously the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and President for COP 26 between 13 February 2020 and 8 January 2021. But we must hit the ground running to develop the solutions we need. Together, we can seize the enormous opportunities for green growth, for good green jobs, for cheaper, cleaner power. We can launch a decade of ever-increasing ambition and action. Yet the newly appointed COP 26 conference President Alok Sharma of the UK quickly set the tone, saying in a press conference: The first major UN conference in approximately two years, navigating entry to the event was a unique experience between mandatory COVID-19 tests, strict accreditation criteria, and limited capacity for participation at events. President for COP26, Alok Sharma and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Patricia Espinosa hold a press conference during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain October 31, 2021.

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