By Luiza Minuci and Patrizia Setton
In the days 30 from september to 02 of October, the Pre-COP took place in Milan 26, meeting that preceded the COP 26, UN climate conference, in progress between days 1 e 15 november of 2021 in the city of glasgow.
With the beginning of the COP 26 at the beginning of november, ministers from different countries gathered in Italy for Pre-COP26 to discuss how to resolve some important issues and prepare them for the meeting. Thus, Pre-COP was jointly organized by the governments of Italy and the United Kingdom, which will host the next COP, with the aim of establishing the means to achieve positive results in Glasgow, place where it will be held. It was also presented, an appeal (Joint Appeal) idealized by the Vatican leader, which aims to encourage political and religious leaders – holders of great influence in promoting climate awareness among high positions of power – to commit to the goals of net zero carbon emissions and limits the increase in global temperatures to 1.5ÂșC. Like this, providing significant support for environmental discussions at the Conference.
A Pre-COP 26 started at the end of September, where Pope Francis, who also gave a speech at Youth4Climate, welcomed participants at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, in order to encourage them to work for future generations. The religious and political leader also highlighted his satisfaction with working side by side with the governments of Italy and the United Kingdom in relation to the impacts of messages coming from other leaders.
During the meeting, the Italian climate minister, Roberto Cingolani, spoke out criticizing those who seek renewable energy without wanting to have it in their “quintal”. Cingolani continued his speech agreeing with the seriousness of the problem raised by activist Greta Thunberg in her speech at Youth4Climate, in which he ridiculed political leaders for only promising and not acting on the climate emergency. The Italian minister highlighted that, since these problems were not credible in the past, and states are not doing enough, The objective of the convention is to progress in this direction, and that for this, there must be change.
In this way, at the convention in Glasgow, Italy and the United Kingdom preside, aiming to represent the urgency of climate crises, especially for future generations, as highlighted by the Pope. States have already announced that they are committed to placing the climate crisis and the loss of biodiversity as main objectives of the multilateral climate change agenda. 2021. Besides that, claimed to work together to promote sustainable growth after the Covid-19 pandemic. However,, even though he signed the Joint Appeal with other religious leaders, Pope Francis did not attend the COP 26 Or secularism us United States, for personal and health reasons.
since the consequences of these changes affect everyone 26, following the meeting in Milan, represents the need for climate and sustainable discussions for the next generations, with the proposal to improve environmental crises, which are currently among the biggest international problems. In this situation, during COP26, the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi declared that climate change could lead to âserious repercussions on the peace and security of the planetâ.
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