G20 leaders reaffirmed the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, only in a “tougher tone” – gave News referring to MTI by hvg.hu.
According to a draft in possession of Agence France-Presse, the G20 confirms the target set in the Paris climate agreement, “keeping the average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, and making efforts to raise it to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.”
However, diplomats in talks told AFP that the language of the agreement was stricter than the Paris climate agreement signed in 2015. The goal of the Paris agreement is to keep the level of global warming well below the pre-industrial level by 2 degrees Celsius, preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius, and since Then the last goal became a priority.
According to NGOs, the main goal is to know the specific tools that each country takes to achieve the goal, which is often reluctant to mention.
According to a recent United Nations survey of new commitments by signatory countries The world continues to move towards a catastrophic 2.7°C temperature rise, or, at best, about +2.2 degrees, considering the often vague promises of carbon neutrality by mid-century.
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement includes a goal to balance greenhouse gas emissions and removals for the second half of the century. Under pressure from the United Nations, more and more countries are committing to carbon neutrality, mostly by the 2050 deadline, and some by 2060 and 2045 respectively. For example, China and Russia set a target of 2060, and Australia and France set a target of 2050.
According to the United Nations Environment Program, 49 countries, including all member states of the European Union and the United States, which account for 57 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, have formally made this commitment, hvg.hu writes.
