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UN Climate Ambition Summit seeks 'quantum leap' on emissions cuts
(Context, 15 Sep 2023) The gathering, aimed at raising the bar for climate action ahead of COP28, will be preceded by a march against fossil fuels.
With no end in sight to global warming and its dire effects for people and the planet, top United Nations officials next week are set to prod major polluters to boost their targets to cut emissions, including a faster transition away from fossil fuels.
The Climate Ambition Summit convened by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in New York on Sept. 20 aims to spotlight trailblazing climate action that goes beyond what countries have already pledged to do in their plans to meet targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
"I would of course be very happy if several of the G20 countries will be able to come to the summit and announce a quantum leap in their efforts to reduce emissions," Guterres told reporters this week.
He also urged stronger financial support for developing nations facing "enormous difficulties" in designing and implementing programs to ramp up clean energy and adapt to more extreme weather and rising seas fuelled by a hotter climate.
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