Dubai – Masaader News
50 world leaders are expected to attend the COP25 in the Spanish capital – but US President Donald Trump will not be among them, according to BBC.
According to UN Secretary General António Guterres, “the point of no return is no longer over the horizon”.
Meanwhile, Save the Children says that climate shocks have left millions in Africa facing hunger.
The charity says 33 million people are at emergency levels of food insecurity due to cyclones and droughts.
“We simply have to stop digging and drilling and take advantage of the vast possibilities offered by renewable energy and nature-based solutions,” Mr Guterres said.
Almost every country in the world has now signed and ratified the Paris climate agreement and under the terms of the pact they will all have to put new climate pledges on the table before the end of 2020.
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, will tell the meeting that the world is now facing a full-blown climate emergency.
He will urge countries to significantly increase their carbon cutting ambitions. Subsidies for fossil fuel extraction must end, he said, and no new coal-fired power stations must be built after 2020.