Climate Summit: Alberto Fernández spoke on debt and called on world leaders to ease deadlines, rates and conditions

President Alberto Fernandez exposed today virtually at the Climate Summit, in which he referred to the country’s external debt and elevated to world leaders the flexibility of “terms, rates and conditions”. In addition, he stressed that Argentina “has placed climate and environmental action at the center of its convictions”.

“It’s now or never; I have tasked my cabinet with developing the national adaptation and mitigation plan,” the president said. In addition, he announced that he will soon send to Congress a draft of law for the protection of the environment of native forests.

During his presentation, Alberto Fernández underlined the need to “reorganize the global financial architecture“, Which would imply a” debt swap for climate action and new allocations of special drawing rights without discrimination to middle-income countries, in order to improve our environment. “

Also, he demanded the “reconfiguration of the analyzes carried out by risk insurers so as not to distort the reality” of the countries. “With regard to the phenomena of irresponsible over-indebtedness generated before the pandemic and aggravated by the presence of this virus, greater flexibility in terms, rates and conditions is necessary.“, full.

The president of the United States, Joe biden, did not listen to Alberto Fernández’s speech live. In his role as host to the gathering of world leaders, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken anticipated he had to step aside for a few minutes.

During his review of the government’s actions to commemorate Earth Day and raise awareness of the challenges facing the planet, the Argentine President recalled that the determined national contribution had been increased by 27.7% compared to 2016, which ‘he described it as “degrees Celsius, and with carbon neutrality by 2050.”

“We assume the commitment to develop 30% of the national energy matrix with renewable energies. We design a plan of efficiency measures for industry, transport and construction. We will promote the adoption of advanced technologies to reduce emissions of methane and short-lived pollutants, ”he said.

The summit began at 9 a.m. with a speech by the President of the United States. Biden listened to presentations from China, India, Great Britain, Canada, Bangladesh, Germany, France, Russia, South Korea, Indonesia, South Africa, Italy and the Mashall Islands, and at 10:37 a.m. he rose.

Alberto Fernández is a virtual participant in the Climate Summit along with 40 other leaders. One of the main exhibitors of the event is Pope Francis. The activity, which will take place between today and tomorrow, aims to advance strategies to limit the increase in global temperature, within the parameter of 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The event was opened by Biden, the vice president of that country, Kamala Harris, and the UN secretary general, António Guterres.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also participates in the Forum; the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen; from New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern; and of Norway, Erna Solberg, and Prime Ministers of Australia, Scott Morrison; from India, Narendra Modi; from Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu; from Italy, Mario Draghi; from Japan, Yoshihide Suga; from Spain, Pedro Sánchez; and from the UK, Boris Johnson, among others.

Chinese presidents, Xi Jinping; from France, Emmanuel Macron; from Poland, Andrzej Duda; from the Republic of Korea, Moon Jae-in; from Russia, Vladimir Putin; from South Africa, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa; and from Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, among others.

For Latin America, the presidents of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro; from Chile, Sebastián Piñera; from Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez; from Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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