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Faster steps, expanded promises, and higher ambitions from many countries. The UN points to the positive after an international climate summit.
The digital gathering, Climate Ambition Summit, was held on Saturday. The organizers were the UN, France and the United Kingdom in association with Chile and Italy.
According to the UN, this led to “concrete plans and new commitments by 75 countries, companies, sectors, cities” to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement to reduce the increase in global temperature.
At or in connection with the meeting, 27 countries, as well as the EU, came with strengthened pledges and commitments in their national climate plans (NDCs), according to organizers. Before the end of the year, probably more than 50 such plans will have been officially presented.
With the meeting, 24 actors have also clarified new promises, strategies or plans to achieve zero emissions or climate neutrality. These include China, the world’s second-largest economy, as well as Japan, South Korea, the EU, and Argentina.
In other respects, it is noted, among other things, that Pakistan promises not to build more coal power plants, that Israel is committed to abandoning coal power and that Denmark will stop looking for oil and gas.
Another thing that stands out is that countries like France, the United Kingdom and Sweden stop providing international aid that benefits fossil fuels and that Canada must tax coal.
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