On Monday, world leaders reiterated the urgent need for joint action around the world to protect biodiversity and a global regulatory framework on post-epidemic climate issues.We used to poison air both land and water - and filled our oceans with plastic," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said while speaking to world leaders at the One Planet Summit on Biodiversity.The One Planet Summit, organized by the French government in collaboration with the UN and the World Bank, brings together world leaders to take action to protect and restore biodiversity. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, most events are realistic.Everyone must do more.Nature is now back and we are extremely fragile, at the same time COVID-19 has killed 1.8 million people and a corrupt economy," Guterres said. "As we rebuild, we cannot go back to the original normalcy.
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slotxo humanity to change its approach with smart policies and proper investment.Guterres said innovation, biodiversity, energy and transportation can lead to sustainable recovery and economic transformation and social But the global community has not met any biodiversity targets set for 2020, and biodiversity is facing a financial gap of $ 711 billion annually through 2030, the UN chief said.Our meeting in Kunming COP in China this year. (The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15) is an important step in shaping the post-2020 biodiversity framework and halt the extinction crisis, ”he said.Regarding climate change, Guterres regrets that adaptation efforts currently account for only 20 percent of climate finance, while only 14 percent of climate finance is devoted to the least developed countries.Everyone has to do more, COP26 will be another missed opportunity," he said, referring to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow, Scotland. In november
"Developing countries need support"In addition to Guterres, around 30 global leaders and politicians attended the event through video connections, including China's Vice Premier Han Zheng, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, chairman of the European Commission Ursula. Der Leyen, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, World Health Organization (WHO)), Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and World Bank Group President David Malpass.Malpass said developing countries must be encouraged to formulate long-term strategies for low-carbon and climate resilient economies to end our dependence on coal and address biodiversity loss.The World Bank Group has announced an ambitious target that, on average, 35 percent of its financing portfolio should have climate co-interests over the next five years, he said.Malpass pledges to continue working with the private sector, civil society, governments and institutions to help developing countries tackle climate change and adapt to increasing impacts.For her part, Merkel said Germany plans to put 30 percent of land and sea land under protection by 2030, and urges other countries to do the same.
The commitment has led Germany to join more than 50 countries in the High Ambitious Alliance for Nature and People (HAC) Coalition, launched by France, according to the German news agency.Merkel also called on the global community to stop deforestation, saying that protecting forests means protecting people's health, dpa reports.French President Emmanuel Macron said in his closing remarks that countries around the world pledged $ 14.3 billion to tackle the climate crisis and environmental degradation at Summit One. PlanetHe said the money would be spent toward the Great Green Wall project to plant trees in the Sahel region of Africa.Launched in 2007 with the aim of making Sahel a barren savannah on the southern border of the Sub-Saharan Africa, trees are planted for a total of 8,000 kilometers across 11 African countries.Africa has so many solutions on hand and our role is to help us as well," Macron said
