27-Aug-2024, 11:39 AM
A report and research by the World Meteorological Organization show that on October 27, Nuku’alofa [Tonga]: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to act quickly on climate change during a press conference in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
He stressed how the world’s ocean levels are increasing at a rate that hasn’t been seen in 3,000 years. As per the Unified Countries (UN), the primary driver of this increment is ozone-depleting substances emanating from consuming non-renewable energy sources, which are driving a worldwide temperature alteration and the resulting ascend in ocean level.
Guterres referred to two significant UN discoveries that were made public that day. Both a UN Environment Activity Group and repetitive changes are speeding up, with an ascent in waterfront flooding, record-breaking ocean temperatures, and more continuous and extreme marine heatwaves.
“Country in the Southwestern Pacific, relative ocean levels have climbed altogether higher than normal all over the planet notwithstanding, this isn’t where it closes.We all face impending storm waves that might endanger coastal communities worldwide. The world needs to pay attention to science and glance at the Pacific. We also save if we manage to save the Pacific.
Over the past 30 years, sea level rise in the Southwestern Pacific region alone has exceeded the global average by over twice.
Pacific islands are especially powerless as a result of their low level and huge human thickness along the coast. Sea levels might increase by at least 15 centimeters by the middle of the century if emissions are not significantly reduced, making frequent coastal flooding a regular problem.
A 2°C rise in global temperatures, the Secretary-General said, could cause the major ice sheets to break and for sea levels to rise by up to 20 meters over millennia. According to the UN, the situation might get considerably worse, impacting coastal regions all around the world, with present trends pointing towards a 3°C rise.
In order to keep global warming to 1.5°C, Guterres emphasized the need for a 43% decrease in emissions by 2030. He called for governments to quickly phase out fossil fuels, increase renewable energy, stop deforestation, and submit revised climate action plans by 2025.
As indicated by the UN, he likewise encouraged more well-off countries to satisfy their environment finance commitments, which incorporate expanding transformation support to $40 billion every year by 2025 and requested financial help for vulnerable countries.
Fully expecting the UN environment meeting, Guterres focused on the significance of innovative money and fair change plans. To further develop variation and seaside arranging, he underlined the importance of building early advance notice frameworks for everybody by 2027 and further developing information limits.
