“Climate change is a reality that affects …

President Alberto Fernández today ratified that Argentina “reaffirms its commitment to the Paris Agreement and adopts climate change as state policy” and announced that the country will present “in the perspective of 2030 a target that will limit its greenhouse gas emissions”. He stressed that “climate change is a reality that affects humanity as a whole and that it requires immediate and coordinated action from leaders around the world”.

In a distant message, the president assured: “The planet tells us enough”, and called to assume “the historic responsibility of contributing to a better world”. This was expressed virtually after participating, along with other world leaders, in the Climate ambition summit, which coincides with the five years of the Paris Agreement. At that time, there was consensus on the need to reduce gas emissions, although the United States, under President Donald Trump, abandoned the deal.

Fernández announced a “greater commitment” of the country in the fight against climate change. In his speech, he said Argentina would limit its greenhouse gas emissions to a level of 25.7% by 2030, a number lower than that committed in 2015.

Likewise, the president guaranteed the country’s commitment to present a “long-term, low-emission development strategy with the objective of achieving carbon-neutral development by 2050, and developing a National adaptation and mitigation plan clear and ambitious “.

In this regard, he spoke of the importance of promoting “a high-level dialogue on equitable access to means of implementation, such as financial resources, technology transfer and capacity building to meet climate commitments. “.

This Saturday’s meeting was hosted by the United Nations, the United Kingdom and France, in association with Chile and Italy, and brought together government leaders and civil society actors such as businesses, academies , indigenous peoples, young people, cities and regions.

The Summit began this morning with the presence of 78 world leaders, among them the President of France, Emmanuel Macron; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; and Chinese President Xi Jinping; as well as representatives of business, civil society and indigenous peoples from around the world.