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September 26, 2018: The informal dialogue of leaders on climate change calls for accelerated action and increased ambition to achieve the goals of the Paris agreement on climate change. The dialogue took place on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and New York Climate Week.
In his address, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, described climate change as "the top priority" for the UN, stressing that climate action "had a moral sense .. .[and] sense of business "and is the cornerstone of efforts to achieve sustainable development that leaves no one behind. He recalled that a UN study had revealed that the commitments under the Paris Agreement accounted for "one-third of what was needed" and called for "more ambition and a accelerated action by 2020 "to keep the increase in global temperature as close as possible to 1.5 ° C above pre-industrial levels. He emphasized the need for strong leadership to make bold decisions to place the world's economies and societies on a path of low carbon growth and resilience to climate change.
António Guterres will be contacting G20 leaders to encourage them to reinforce their ambitions.
Guterres confirmed that he would convene a climate summit to mobilize climate and financial actions in September 2019, a year before countries need to strengthen their national climate commitments in the region. framework of the Paris Agreement. Guterres said he foresaw the Summit would provide leaders and partners with an opportunity to "show their ambition", accelerate action and demonstrate women's participation and empowerment as a "tool" effective in finding solutions "that make societies truly inclusive. He said he would liaise with the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20), which represents about 80% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, to encourage them to boost their ambitions. Guterres said France and Jamaica will co-chair an initiative to support a political process aimed at "ensuring that governments fulfill their commitment to mobilize $ 100 billion a year by 2020 for the future." climate action ". and implement the Paris agreement at the next Katowice conference on climate change in Poland.
During the dialogue, leaders reflected on ways to increase ambition and speed up climate action. Several participants emphasized the need to examine nature-based climate solutions and to ensure the health of the world's biodiversity and oceans, stressing the importance of climate solutions that meet the goals of sustainable development. Participants also urged to review the global food system to ensure that it was not a factor of deforestation. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and Polish President Andrzej Duda stressed the importance of implementing the Paris Agreement and called on countries to ensure success of the Katowice Conference on Climate Change. [UN News Story] [UNFCCC News Story] [UN Secretary-General Statement] [UN Deputy Secretary-General Statement]
