“The graveholder warns,” the UN leader warns at the opening of the climate summit

On November 1, world leaders shook hands in Glasgow, launching the UN climate conference, which is expected to deliver on greener living. This was also the case at the Paris Summit in 2015, but since then the forecasts for global warming have only become gloomier.

Even before the summit, it is clear to all leaders that they are expected to have a concrete action plan to change the harmful effects of man on the environment. Technologically tackling the effects of climate change, radically changing lifestyles – approaches vary from country to country, but the goal remains the same.

At the opening of the conference, the host, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and other leaders often pointed out that there was no time left for planning, and without concrete action, the “end of the world” would no longer seem like an exaggerated concept.

Boris Johnson

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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“Welcome to Scotland! Probably the most famous image of this place is James Bond. Usually, at the culmination of the film, he has to deal with a doomsday device, figure out which color wire to cut so that the red, digital clock doesn’t run out and wipe everything off the ground. We are in a situation like James Bond’s. However, it is tragic that we are not in the movie and the device is very real. ”

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Antoniu Gutēres

UN Secretary – General

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“It’s time to say – enough! It is enough to destroy biodiversity. It is enough to suffocate yourself with carbon dioxide. It is enough to use nature as a toilet. It is enough to burn and drill, and dig deeper and deeper. We dig our own graves. ”

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The conference also brings together a number of world-renowned environmental activists and experts, as well as people from the nations most directly affected by climate change.

There were also several protests outside the conference. One of the most colorful was definitely the action organized by the world development group “Oxfam”, in which the leaders who had come together were called to action, not to cultivate empty straw.

Nafkote Dabi

Oxfam Climate Policy Representative

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“Instead of taking concrete action to alleviate the climate crisis, leaders are chatting. Millions of people are currently suffering from hunger, poverty and deforestation, all because of climate change. It is enough to make empty promises. “

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Among the key calls at this summit, the reduction of fossil fuels on a daily basis, special attention was paid to stopping coal mining and switching to more environmentally friendly modes of transport.

These are just some of the goals, but the desired result has already been set in advance – the maximum allowable temperature rise of 1.5 degrees must be achieved compared to the times before the Industrial Revolution. All models, even taking into account the latest promises, show that it fails.

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