Six weeks before the crucial COP26 summit in Glasgow, the UN today sounded the alarm over climate change in front of international leaders in New York for the Organization's General Assembly.
“We must put an end to the war on our planet,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling on the world to commit to zero emissions by 2050 and to adopt ambitious measures. climate and biodiversity plans, that no new coal-fired power plants will be built after 2021, and that $ 100 billion a year will be allocated to climate action.
Developed countries pledged $ 100 billion a year in Copenhagen each year by 2020 to help southern countries adapt to the effects of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
But that goal has not been achieved: according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the amount of this funding amounted to $ 79.6 billion in 2019.
