Climate defender: calls for postponement of world climate conference

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Calls were made to postpone the World Climate Conference

Climate protection organizations around the world have called for the United Nations World Climate Conference to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, to be postponed to November.

The Climate Action Network said travel barriers, waves of coronavirus infections and unequal access to vaccines have made a “safe, inclusive and global climate conference impossible” with more than 1,500 non-governmental organizations from more than 120 countries coming together Huh. A statement on Tuesday.

An attendance conference in November would indeed exclude many delegates and activists, especially from the global south, it said – for example because some travel routes are not available at all or are disproportionately expensive.

The United Nations, on the other hand, stuck to the convention and stressed the urgency of the meeting: “The global scientific community was clear that climate change is now a global emergency and that only a major increase in climate protection can bring the goals of the Paris Agreement reach.” within” spokesman Farhan Haq said in New York on Tuesday.

Following the pandemic-related postponement last year, the British government plans to continue the face-to-face event in November. A few months ago, London announced that it would make vaccinations available to all participants, observers and media representatives in collaboration with the United Nations. However, the Climate Action Network criticized the efforts as inadequate, as no vaccinations had yet been given.

The British government also announced that it would also cover the high cost of quarantine hotels. Travelers from high-risk countries on the British government’s so-called Red List are required to self-isolate for ten days after entering the country – usually at a cost of more than £2,000 (about 2327 euros).

DPA