Posted on 12/12/2020 7:19:30 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
LONDON - World leaders should declare states of “climate emergency” in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks to a climate summit on Saturday.
More than 70 world leaders were due to address the one-day virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper cuts in planet-warming emissions on the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris climate accord.
“Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency?” Guterres said via video. “That is why today, I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries until carbon neutrality is reached.”
Guterres said economic recovery packages launched in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic represented an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future - but warned this was not happening fast enough.
“So far, the members of the G20 are spending 50% more in their stimulus and rescue packages on sectors linked to fossil fuel production and consumption, than on low-carbon energy,” Guterres said.
“This is unacceptable. The trillions of dollars needed for COVID recovery is money that we are borrowing from future generations,” he said. “We cannot use these resources to lock in policies that burden future generations with a mountain of debt on a broken planet.”
Diplomats are watching summit speeches for any signs of significantly stronger climate pledges from countries including China, India and Japan.
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We will take your money and your freedom and you will be happy.
Yeah because the u.n. is way more powerful than God.
There is no “climate emergency”. A bit of warming may actually lead to an increase in food production resulting from an increase in arable land area.
Declare states of ‘climate emergency,’ U.N. chief tells world leaders...we bring no value to the world and need money!
My guess is he is reading script handed to him by China. China is ready for the rest of the world to cripple their economies with climate stuff. Meanwhile, they flat don’t care.
Got that right.
Yep, I believe that the UN is owned by the Chi-coms.
It’s a tyranny emergency, not a climate emergency.
As the worlds GOP declines, so does the UNs budget.
Yup, so fu(k the UN. They have no power over anyone.
But they are actively trying to destroy us through the CCP and the deep state and invalidating our votes.
Agreed
I am old enough to read historical records of the sun’s minimum and maximum a, and historic records of geological survey results that are related to centuries BC.
The last EO of our LEGAL President should be to remove the UN from the US.
Period.
Regards,
They want to feel needed...
This butthead is spouting much crap from his blowhole.
Just what struggling economies need right now, more taxes and regulations.
Give us your money and liberty and we will fix the climate change.
So why haven’t you fixed it by now?
Let me explain again....Give us your money and liberty and we will fix the climate change.
Now that vaccines are about to end the pandemic, it’s back to this crap again.
Follow the money...
Haven’t carbon emissions plateaued (or even dropped) since the pandemic began?
Do they really want to bring emissions below where they have been during the pandemic? Is it even reasonably possible?
I know I’m asking a lot of rhetorical questions, but just one more?
What level of carbon emissions is globally acceptable?
Joe Biden’s first act, Going Gonzo for Globull Varming.
Declare martial law, no one leaves their house and if you do you better be pedalling a bike or paddling a canoe.
How many UN trucks and troops are already ready? The Globalist Elites can’t wait anymore. Globull Varming is at all-time new levels of absurdity.
The sheople graze.. Life goes on.. for now.
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