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Marrakech meet to take climate pact forward

- — IANS

rabat — The world climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco, scheduled to open next Monday, will focus on the ways to implement the Paris Agreement after it entered into force on November 4, said a media report on Sunday.

“The agreement is undoubtedl­y a turning point in the history of common human endeavour, capturing the combined political, economic and social will of government­s, cities, regions, citizens, businesses and investors to overcome the existentia­l threat of unchecked climate change,” UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and President of COP22 Salaheddin­e Mezouar said in a joint statement on Friday.

“The foundation­s of the Paris Agreement are solid and other key • Meeting will focus on ways to implement Paris accord. • Under Paris accord, global warming will be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius or less. • Developed countries will continue to allocate $100b per year from 2020 to 2025 in support features of humanity’s new home are starting to rise,” they said, Xinhua news agency reported.

They stressed that “we cannot and we must not rest until the roof is in place. This November in Marrakech we will make sure it will be in place, sooner rather than later”. of climate action by developing ones. > UN estimates $5-7 trillion are required to address climate issues. > There are plans to include non-state actors into the Global Climate Action Agenda.

While this unpreceden­ted achievemen­t shows a clear commitment from countries across the globe to tackle climate change, there is much more work to be done in Morocco to translate this commitment into action.

The main goals set by the Paris Agreement are very critical and pressing. The ambitious goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or less to avoid dangerous tipping points in the climate system means that global emissions must be driven down rapidly from the current nearpeak.

Another key pledge in the agreement is that developed countries will continue to allocate $100 billion per year from 2020 to 2025 in support of climate action by developing ones.

According to UN estimates, sustainabl­e developmen­t will require 5 to 7 trillion dollars annually to fund the global transition to a lowcarbon resilient economy.

To this end, creative funding options must be encouraged in both public and private sectors.

Meet to focus on ways to implement Paris pact

 ?? AFP ?? HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen speaks at a Press conference in Diyarbakir on Sunday. —
AFP HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen speaks at a Press conference in Diyarbakir on Sunday. —
 ?? Reuters ?? The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is illuminate­d in green with words ‘Paris Agreement is Done’, to celebrate Climate accord. —
Reuters The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is illuminate­d in green with words ‘Paris Agreement is Done’, to celebrate Climate accord. —

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