We are urging countries to abandon coal power, seeking the G-7 to lead the way, he said. At the same time, we are working with developing countries to support their transition to clean energy. The days of coal providing the cheapest form of power are in the past, and in the past they must remain, he went on to state.
Sharma said the science was clear that coal must go in order to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The above target was laid out in the Paris Agreement on climate change, which was agreed at 2015 s COP21 summit in the French capital.
Homepage | News & Events | Joint Statement on Working Together for Global Climate Action United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with French Economy and Finance minister Bruno Le Maire, Wednesday, March 10, 2021 in Paris. On Tuesday, John Kerry traveled to Brussels to relaunch transatlantic cooperation with European official
Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani, Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met on May 13, 2021, in Rome. They released the following statement:
We resolved to work closely together over the next months toward a successful meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Glasgow in November 2021. As part of that, we intend to rally Parties to the Paris Agreement, particularly those in the G20 which will meet this year under the chairmanship of Italy
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry greets Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi as he arrives at Palazzo Chigi for talks in Rome May 14, 2021. (CNS photo/Filippo Attili, Palazzo Chigi Press Office via Reuters) NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
VATICAN CITY (CNS) John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, gave a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences at the Vatican May 14.
According to the Vatican press office, he also was scheduled to have a private meeting May 15 with Pope Francis.
The “concept note” for the pontifical academies’ meeting, “Dreaming of a Better Restart,” described “the current crisis and global state of confusion” as the result of “the globalism of selfishness, exclusion and the throwaway culture. Inequality and hunger are increasing, posing major ethical, economic and political challenges to which both policy makers and civil society must react.”
Agis Emmanouil set to run 2,000+ miles from Greece to Glasgow
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The actor will be accompanied by various ultra runners from the countries he will cross.
“It is a very difficult project, it will last 80 days, which requires concentration and dedication… My diet, hydration, sleep must be under control. It’s like a longboat, which will end when I get to Glasgow. It is the first time I will run so many days , but the ultramarathon is 70% soul and 30% training. Experience definitely plays a role, the main thing is that we are talking about a brain game: the brain makes a plan that you have to complete,” he told