BELEM, Brazil, Nov 10, CMC – The 30th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began here on Monday, with a clear message that the era of half-measures is over and that climate change is real, devastating communities and driving up costs, but solutions are within reach.
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary ,Simon Stiell, said that commitments and agreements made by successive COPs were beginning to show impact, with the global emissions curve now starting to bend downward.
The former senior Grenada government minister cknowledged that much work remains but highlighted that Belém “home to the mouth of the mighty Amazon River” can serve as inspiration.
“The Amazon is not a single river, but a vast system sustained by more than a thousand tributaries. In the same way, implementation of COP outcomes must be driven by multiple streams of international cooperation.”
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