Call for Global Action at UN Climate Meeting in Antalya: Progress Stalled
A Climate Action Tracker report presented at the UN climate meeting in Antalya revealed that global climate action has stalled over the last five years, leaving the world at risk of exceeding the 1.5-degree warming threshold.
At the United Nations climate meeting held in Antalya, it was announced that efforts to slow global warming have been ineffective for the past five years and that climate action has come to a standstill.
According to the report prepared by Climate Action Tracker, no concrete progress has been made on a global scale because positive and negative climate steps have offset each other. Experts warned that even if current climate pledges are fulfilled, the world could still warm by 2.6 degrees by the end of the century.
Lead author of the report, Sarah Heck, stated that new promises made last year have not created the expected change in the fight against climate change. Speaking at the meeting, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley emphasized that current commitments are insufficient, calling for stronger targets and increased financial support for vulnerable countries.
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