The Conference of the Parties is abbreviated as COP. The
parties refer to the 197 countries that signed the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change in 1992 during a summit. The treaty was adopted in
that year by the United States and a few other countries to counteract
"scary human interference with the climate system" and regulate
greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.
With the partners, Italy, UK is hosting the 26th UN
Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, between
31 October and 12 November 2021, under the presidency of Alok
Sharma (a British politician serving as President for COP26
and Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since 2021.)
The Summit will bring the world together to accelerate
progress on the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change goals.
At COP26, the UK is committed to engaging with all countries
and joining forces with civil society, businesses, and people on the frontlines
of climate change to encourage action.
It’s also an agenda to bring governments, businesses, and civil society together to speed up progress in five important areas:
Adaptation and resilience, Nature, Energy, Transport and
Finance
India stated, by year 2070, it will achieve its goal of net
zero carbon emissions. However, the countries were anticipated to fulfill this aim by 2050 at the
Glasgow climate change summit.
1.5 degrees Celsius target
The British and United Nations hosts have stated that they aim to "keep optimism alive" that global temperature rises will be limited to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) relative to pre-industrial levels. That's the point at which experts believe the risks of global warming (such as severe heat waves, water shortages, crop failures, and ecosystem collapse) increase dramatically.
Despite this, the Indian Prime
Minister's resolution is being hailed as a major achievement at the conference
because it is the first time India has made a firm commitment to the Net Zero
target.
Scientists have cautioned that global warming will intensify until humanity achieves "Net Zero" emissions, or the point at which we stop generating any further greenhouse gases.
The conference is being hosted by
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
He was at Paris six years ago when
countries promised to net zero emissions and attempted to limit global warming
to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and all those promises will be for naught if countries
fail to make this year's COP26 in Glasgow the moment when everyone gets serious
about climate change. Hopefully, this will be possible.
As of today, Over 40 world leaders have supported and signed up to the new Breakthrough Agenda, representing every region and more than 70% of the world’s economy.
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