Chennai: The COP28 to be held in Dubai this year will be the most significant since the 2015 Paris Agreement considering the rising temperature, floods and droughts that occurred around the world this year, said Simon Emmanuel Kervin Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Stiell was addressing the exclusive session on India’s Vision for Climate Action: Embracing the Global Perspective, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on July 29.
“This year, July has been the hottest month in our history. We expect the next year to be hotter with every year, new records being broken. This is going to be the new norm as we tackle how to align the rising temperature and remain within the 1.5-degree Celsius target. We are currently at 1.1 degrees Celsius world with floods, droughts, heat, and vector-borne diseases being witnessed every day in many parts of the world. What makes this (COP28) exceptional is what we call the global stock-taking, wherein we would be taking a backward reflection on where we are, our goals, our aspirations and targets,” Stiell said.
Addressing the business community, he said the terms of actions by business houses will not only be in the interests of your shareholders and customers but also in terms of sustainability and responsibility to the environment and climate.
“We want businesses to work on what you are doing, what targets you are setting, what transition plans you are putting in place to ensure we not only meet net-zero commitments but also makes business sense. India’s level of ambition, energy, positivity that exists within the business community and government level is visible and we would like UNFCCC to work together and better,” he added.
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