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COP26 President Alok Sharma has said he wants “more out of every country” and now is the time to deliver on limiting temperature rises to below 1.5C.
Ahead of around 120 world leaders gathering at the event in Glasgow on Monday for a two-day summit, Mr Sharma urged them to do more to help the planet.
Speaking to Sky News’ Trevor Phillips on Sunday, Mr Sharma said: “My message to them is very clear, leave the ghosts of the past behind you and let’s focus on the future and unite around this one issue that we know matters to all of us, which is protecting our precious planet.”
He said the summit of world leaders at COP26 is very important for agreeing a consensus but added there are two whole weeks of “detailed negotiations” following that two-day summit – and without a deal “the future is really quite unimaginable”.
“This is a chance for all these countries to show leadership, this is the point where they have to stand up and be counted,” he said.
“I want more out of every country.
“But I think the point is we have made progress and then we’re going to have to take stock on where there is a gap between where the commitments are and where we need to be.”
He said it is important that leaders discuss how to close that gap over the next decade.
But he played down the significance of China and Russia’s leaders not turning up in Glasgow, saying they have “both announced net zero targets for the middle of the century” and that all countries need to show leadership on climate change.
However, he said the challenge at COP26 is more difficult than in Paris in 2015.
“Paris was a brilliant achievement, an historical achievement, but it was a framework agreement,” he said.
“What we have had to do since then is agree some of the detailed…
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Source : skynews
