United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres demanded on Tuesday at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi that developed countries keep their promises to tackle the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the continent.
“This continent accounts for just four percent of global emissions yet is suffering the worst effects of rising global temperatures: heatwaves, relentless floods and tens of thousands of deaths from devastating droughts,” António Guterres said in his opening speech at the second conference. the day of the summit co-hosted by the government of Kenya and the African Union (AU).
The head of the UN said that even in this case, it is “still possible to avoid the worst consequences” of the climate crisis, although a “qualitative leap” in “climate action” and more “ambition” is needed, especially from developed countries. , which must reduce their “net emissions to near zero” by 2040.
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