Ambitious Climate Change Goals Presented by the Global summit

Britain, France and China are among states that are bound by the engagement on the Global Summit on Climate Change goal. Leaders from the aforementioned countries participated on an online conference on Saturday, December 12, 2020 to address climate change as a result of increase in global temperatures.

Leaders who submitted the most ambitious plans were accorded with the privilege of speaking slots. These among others include Guatemala and Honduras who fall victims of the recent hit by hurricanes. India was also included due to the rampant air pollution and unpredictable weather patterns.

Business moguls such as Tim Cook were granted the permission to speak due to the commitment of Apple Company to neutralize the carbon neutral chain by 2030.

Countries such as Brazil, Australia and South Africa were accused of setting weaker targets. They were listed among major economies with zero commitment to emissions by 2050.

The Saturday Summit marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris accord which ratified the commitment of the signatories to take legal action to mitigate temperature increase to a record below 2.0 degrees Celsius beyond the pre-industrial levels and try to contain them to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Despite the commitment to limit temperature rise, UN issued a warning that the global effect of temperature rise is more than 3.0 degrees Celsius. The United Nations Organization noted that the commitment to curtail emissions in line with the Paris agreement were still “woeful inadequate.”

EU leaders met on December 11 2020 and agreed to reduce emissions by 55 percent by the year 2050. According to meteorological department organization, an affiliate of the UN, the last five years have been the warmest in the world history.

The effects of global warming have led to the increased cases of bushfire, devastating floods, diminishing icebergs on both poles and raging storms. Statistics indicate that the United States of America is the largest polluter of the environment followed by China.

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