Xinhua News Review:
2023-08-03
In the past July, extreme weather around the world accompanied by unprecedented high temperatures has given people a more direct and tangible understanding of the cumulative effects of global climate change. According to the latest joint report issued by the World Meteorological Organization and the European Union Meteorological Agency, July this year is "very likely" to become the hottest month since records began in 1940. On July 25, a temperature indicator on the street of Bucharest, Romania, showed that the temperature reached 42 degrees Celsius. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Christel) Extreme weather closely related to climate change, such as scorching, drought, wildfire, rainstorm and flood, is occurring more frequently in many parts of the world, which has a significant impact on human health, ecosystem, economy, agriculture, energy and water supply, and even continues to threaten. "The era of global warming has ended, and the era of global boiling is coming." The Secretary General of the United Nations, Guterres, once again issued a warning on the global Climate crisis in the "boiling age", although it is an exaggeration, it is not excessive in terms of the urgency of global climate change. The extreme impact of climate change is in line with scientists' previous warnings, but its speed is far faster than expected. With the continuous intensification of human activities, global greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, and the concentration of carbon dioxide is increasing. Climate resilience and sustainable development are facing increasingly severe challenges. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations has warned that once the global temperature rises beyond the "Tipping points in the climate system", the frequency and intensity of climate disasters will rise significantly. Nine of the world's 15 Tipping points in the climate system have been activated, and the Climate crisis "grey rhinoceros" is accelerating towards mankind. If we continue to delay the key measures required, the situation before humanity will be catastrophic. In the face of the Climate crisis, all countries must respond, take more positive measures, make practical and sustained efforts for carbon neutrality, and accelerate the "fair and equitable transition" from fossil fuels to renewable energy. On November 10, 2022, participants walked past an Earth model in the United Nations Climate Change Convention and Exhibition Area in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Sui Xiankai, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, said that in the face of the Climate crisis, developed countries have historical, legal and moral responsibilities that lead to global warming. The latest research shows that about 90% of excess carbon emissions originate from developed countries, which should pay a total of $170 trillion in compensation to low-carbon emitting countries. But so far, developed countries have not yet repaid their historical debts, and even the commitment made 14 years ago at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to provide $100 billion in climate funding annually to developing countries by 2020 has not been fulfilled. The urgent task is for developed countries to face up to their own capabilities, responsibilities, and obligations in addressing climate change, further increase emissions reduction efforts, fulfill their commitments as soon as possible, provide climate finance and technology transfer to developing countries, and stop unilateral measures, decoupling, and trade barriers that affect and undermine the global response to climate change. In the face of the Climate crisis, China is a practitioner of ecological civilization and an activist in promoting global climate governance. China will strive to reach its peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Wang er dong
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