Britain has proposed internet hosting in November 2021 a United Nations’ climate summit that was postponed from this November because of the coronavirus pandemic, a letter from the Cupboard Workplace seen by Reuters exhibits.
The 2-week summit – anticipated to be the largest ever held in Britain – had been anticipated to set off contemporary pledges from lots of of world leaders to stay to their promise beneath the Paris settlement on climate change and act to avert catastrophic international warming.
The federal government has proposed that the convention, referred to as COP-26, be rescheduled for Nov. 1-12, 2021, in line with a letter from the cupboard workplace to the UN, seen by Reuters.
“We’re working with our worldwide and supply companions to agree new dates to carry COP26 after it was postponed. We’ll set these out in the end,” a authorities spokesperson mentioned, confirming that the convention will nonetheless be held in Glasgow.
The letter didn’t say whether or not rescheduling would imply pushing again the next annual UN climate summit (COP-27), which was resulting from happen in Africa on the finish of 2021.
Any choice on a brand new date in the end rests with the UN’s climate physique, which meets on Thursday to debate Britain’s proposal.
The Glasgow summit had been anticipated to function a deadline for practically 200 international locations to announce new, extra bold emissions-cutting pledges beneath the Paris settlement.
International locations’ present pledges put the world on observe for ranges of world warming far above what scientists say could be “secure” – charting a course in direction of extra extreme droughts, sea-level rise, desertification and mass extinction of species.
Nonetheless, some buyers, diplomats and campaigners mentioned suspending the summit would purchase governments time to arrange emissions-cutting plans and combine climate targets into stimulus packages to revive their virus-hit economies.
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