{"id":324569,"date":"2022-02-07T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egy-africa.com\/en\/?p=324569"},"modified":"2022-02-07T16:12:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:12:52","slug":"cop-27-in-egypt-will-be-essential-opportunity-for-africa-world-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egy-africa.com\/en\/2022\/02\/07\/cop-27-in-egypt-will-be-essential-opportunity-for-africa-world-un\/","title":{"rendered":"COP 27 in Egypt will be essential opportunity for Africa, world: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Secretary-General of the United Nations\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0said that the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) that will be held in Egypt is a fundamental opportunity for Africa and our world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a videotaped speech to the 35th Assembly of the Heads of State and Government currently taking place in Ethiopia\u2019s Addis Ababa, Guterres said that \u201cour planet will speed past the 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature threshold without steep emission cuts this decade by all major economies. We are in emergency mode, and we need all hands on deck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Guterres is being represented in the Ethiopian capital by his deputy, Amina Mohamed, who held talks with African Union government leaders focusing on the urgent need for peace, security, inclusion, climate action, and good governance as imperatives for sustainable economic development in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Africa contributes only three percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, however, many of the worst impacts of climate change are being felt there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTo address today\u2019s tragic reality, we need a radical boost in funding for adaptation and mitigation on the continent,\u201d Guterres said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He stressed that the Glasgow commitment to double adaptation finance \u2014 from $20bn \u2014 must be implemented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m calling on wealthier countries to make good on the $100bn climate finance commitment to developing countries starting this year and hold to account private sector partners who have made commitments so far,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The secretary-general described the cooperation between the UN and the AU as \u201cstronger than ever\u201d, as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 \u2014 Africa\u2019s blueprint for a peaceful, integrated, and more prosperous continent \u2014 are key pillars of that partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary-General of the United Nations\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u00a0said that the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) that will be held in Egypt is a fundamental opportunity for Africa and our world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":324570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,21],"tags":[433],"class_list":["post-324569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","tag-cop-27"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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