When reaffirming Mexico’s climate commitments for 2035 at COP29, José Luis Samaniego, head of Climate Change and Development of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, assured this Thursday that the country is working to achieve an economy with zero greenhouse gas emissions. net greenhouse effect by 2050.
The world is heading towards a “catastrophic future” if things do not change drastically, and soon, Samaniego justified within the activities of the summit, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The pledge was issued because “we are also seeing very worrying political messages signaling setbacks in climate leadership around the world,” he said.
Along with Mexico, representatives of the European Union, Panama, Norway, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Canada similarly reaffirmed their climate objectives, underlining the urgency of adopting more ambitious goals and responsibilities with the reduction of net zero emissions by mid-2010. century. During their presentations they proposed progressive and faster reductions of all gases, considering them essential to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, as established by the Paris Agreement (2015).
The declaration shows that only Iran is the only country, of the 15 largest emitters of pollutants in the world, to set reduction goals before the United Nations (UN) climate summit. The group’s effort redoubles existing emissions reduction plans from Britain, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates.
Under the Paris Agreement, countries have until February 10 to submit new emissions reduction pledges by 2035. Nearly 200 nations agreed at last year’s summit that, at a minimum, these commitments should cover their entire economies. and all greenhouse gases.
The commitments are also intended to be a roadmap for other big polluting countries, potentially including the world’s biggest emitter, China, which has set a goal of reaching net zero by 2060.
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