GENEVA: How to tackle global warming and build a more sustainable future for mankind during the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Davos Agenda 2022, with leaders urging 2020 to become "a decade of new beginnings" .
In the inaugural session, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for stronger international cooperation to overcome shared global challenges, including defeating the pandemic, reviving the global economy and addressing climate change.
No matter what difficulties may come our way, we must adhere to the people-centred philosophy of development, and realize the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Xi vowed that China would actively Will engage in international cooperation on climate and jointly work towards it. A complete transition to a green economy and society. The Chinese president warned that a confrontation between major powers could have "catastrophic consequences" in a speech to world leaders at a virtual Davos forum.
He touted China - where the coronavirus first emerged - as a rare pandemic success story and the only major economy to continue strong growth. According to the official translation of the speech streamed online, "Our world today is far from the quiet, rhetoric that stirs hatred and prejudice."
Xi said, "The facts have once again shown that in the midst of the raging waves of the global crisis, countries are not boarding 190 small boats separately, but all in one giant ship on which our shared destiny rests." "
"Small boats cannot survive a storm, but a huge ship is strong enough to withstand a storm," he said. Klaus Schwab, WEF founder and executive chairman, thanked China for its active role in the global effort to combat common challenges, including climate change, noting that "the year 2022 is the year for global leaders to be a more inclusive, more sustainable and united world." will provide a unique opportunity to work from a more prosperous world." "We must unite, despite differing views, after all we belong to a global humanity, whose fates are increasingly intertwined," Schwab said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for 2020 to become "a decade of new beginnings", focused on peace, health and decarbonisation, in his address to business, government and civil society leaders on stage.
He reiterated Germany's commitment to net-carbon neutrality before 2050, but also acknowledged that Europe alone cannot solve the climate crisis, adding that "reaching net neutral is an important task, but we will achieve it."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted that his country would challenge the world to abandon consumerism and move to a circular economy. “We must acknowledge that our lifestyles are a major challenge to the climate. Threw culture and consumerism have made the climate challenge even more serious. It is imperative that we live in today's take-make-use-dispose economy.” and towards a circular economy," Modi promised, adding that the next phase of India's growth would be "green, clean, sustainable and reliable."
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the need for urgent attention to support climate action in developing countries, especially with global emissions set to increase by 14 percent by 2030. “Even if all developed countries keep their promises to drastically reduce emissions by 2030, global emissions will still be too high to keep the 1.5°C target within reach. We need to reduce global emissions by 45 percent this decade. is required,” he told the virtual audience on stage. "We see a clear role for businesses and investors to play in supporting our net-zero goal," Guterres said.
On her part, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen highlighted that confidence will be essential for European citizens to adopt the European Green Deal, a policy initiative with the broad objective of making the EU climate-neutral by 2050. a set of. ,