UN Climate Talks Lag Behind as Paris Approaches
Slow progress in tackling climate roadblocks on the path to a safer and poverty-free world
Bonn, Germany. The Arctic is melting, the world is getting hotter, and increasing natural disasters are forcing more and more people to flee their homes further escalating poverty and inequality across the world. Public support for climate action is growing globally, but the governments negotiating for a universal climate change agreement, due to be signed in Paris in December, are lagging far behind from what is needed, says CARE International, as the second to last round of UN climate talks before the Paris deadline conclude in Bonn, Germany.
“Failure to tackle climate change will only cause further damage to the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world. Climate change is a global injustice. Ahead of the Paris climate deal, countries have a historic opportunity to set the world on a zero-emission and poverty-free course.”
Sven Harmeling, CARE’s Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator
But progress in this week’s climate negotiations has been painstakingly slow.
“Now is the time for ministers to step up the pace to ensure that the poorest people are not left alone to bare the catastrophic consequences of climate change,” Harmeling says.
CARE International calls upon global leadership to accelerate action towards an equitable climate deal. We can already see a positive shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energies. The Paris agreement must support this encouraging progress with a comprehensive climate package which has a strong focus on gender and human rights and includes adequate finance for developing countries to respond to loss and damage caused by climate change.