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The Glasgow Summit Declaration calls for faster emission reductions

The document also states that countries vulnerable to the effects of climate change need more help to cope with the deadly effects of global warming. The draft final text is already being read by experts who have differing views on how sustainable this document is.

The document, published on Wednesday, is only seven pages long and seeks to push countries towards a series of important measures to prevent global temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100.

To do this, it is necessary to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2010 levels.

To further emphasize the importance of the goals to be achieved by 2030, UN Secretary-General Antoniu Gutterres is asked to convene world leaders in 2023 to discuss how efforts to curb climate change are being implemented.

CONTEXT:

In the Scottish town of Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November a world climate conference is taking place, in which countries must agree on action to limit global warming. The leaders of almost 200 countries came to Glasgow, but among them there were no presidents of China or Russia, although these countries are among the biggest emitters.

The conference participants are committed to 2030 halt uncontrolled deforestation. An agreement has also been reached by the end of this decade reduce methane emissions by at least 30%. Dozens of countries are also promising that gradually will abandon the use of coal.

Experts welcome these promises, but at the same time recall that a previous agreement of this kind did not produce practical results in 2015.

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