First draft text had asked for “eliminating” fossil fuels, a term that wasn’t adopted after negotiations that overran the deadline of the Dubai-held summit.
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António Guterres said the visit demonstrates the United Nations’ support in consolidating democratic institutions and human rights in Iraq.
After days of negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference, countries reached agreement on establishing a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for climate-induced disasters.
The president of Egypt, the president of the United Arab Emirates, and the secretary-general of the UN, António Guterres, said this is the moment for action and to put into practice the agreements made in previous editions of the COP, such as the Paris Agreement.
United Nations Secretary-General warned the policies practiced worldwide at the moment are leading the globe towards catastrophe.
In a meeting on Wednesday (2), representatives from 40 countries and companies and organizations announced contributions to COVAX vaccine-sharing plan to widen availability of COVID-19 shots in poorer countries.
The 22 Arab countries had a combined 1.28 million cases and 23,200 deaths caused by the novel coronavirus. The mortality rate is 1.8%, as against a global average of 3.36%.
United Nations secretary-general said that big greenhouse gas emitting countries must act to fight climate change.
