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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić declared at the summit on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement that Serbia will be a low-carbon society with a competitive economy by 2050, providing citizens with new green jobs and a quality of lifetime.
Photo: EPA-EFE / ANDREJ CUKICAt the virtual “Climate Ambition Summit 2020”, convened to renew efforts to combat global warming, Vucic said that Serbia had developed a long-term low-carbon development strategy with an action plan aimed at reducing carbon emissions. greenhouse gases. gardens until 2030 and 2050.
“We are ready to improve our results more than threefold by 2030, in line with our nationally determined revised contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In numbers, that means a 13.2 percent decrease compared to with 2010 and a 33.3 percent decrease compared to 1990, “Vucic said.
He stated that Serbia, with additional support, can improve results “almost more than five times.”
“To achieve that goal, we are committed to ongoing efforts to improve energy efficiency and use a greater share of renewable energy sources in household electricity production, heating and transportation,” said Vucic.
He added that the dynamics of achieving the aforementioned goals is defined by the draft of the low-carbon development strategy with an action plan and an integrated energy and climate plan, which must be adopted soon.
“We have a great task ahead of us and we must have high goals, despite the challenges of the pandemic (corona virus).
“By implementing the law on climate change, we will ensure energy security, increase competitiveness and green economic growth, while at the same time reducing vulnerability to climate change and environmental protection,” said the President of Serbia.
He said that all the aforementioned measures will improve air quality, which will have a further positive impact on human health.
“The long-term costs of not taking action in the field of climate change are 53 billion euros higher than the costs of implementing the strategy,” Vucic said.
He added that the damage caused by climate change since 2000 has exceeded five billion euros.
The summit, opened by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, was attended by leaders from more than 70 countries.
Guterres called on states to declare a state of emergency due to climate change.
The summit, according to the AP, was not attended by representatives of some of the major economies, such as Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
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