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China urges Europe to take positive steps on climate change
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
China's chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua smiles as he takes part a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum 2022 (WEF) in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/FilesSHANGHAI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Europe and other developed countries must take "positive action" to implement climate change goals as geopolitical uncertainties threaten to undermine their efforts, China's top climate envoy told his German counterpart. Xie Zhenhua, who leads China's climate negotiations, told Germany's special climate envoy Jennifer Morgan via video link late on Wednesday that global climate governance was currently facing "multiple challenges and uncertainties". China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is expected to focus on the issue of financing at this year's global climate talks, known as COP27, which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt in November. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by David Stanway; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will use his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday to rally the world in support of Ukraine as part of a broader call for countries to protect the established international order. Russia’s war in Ukraine has upended global food supplies and threatens to tip Europe into a recession this winter as the continent braces for a surge in energy costs. Biden is also facing heightened tensions with China, which has shown signs of increasing aggression towards Taiwan. Biden will reaffirm the U.S. commitment to help Ukraine defend itself for as long as necessary and call on others to do the same, Sullivan said. While in New York, Biden will meet Wednesday with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss.
"Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations' charter, no more important than the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbor by force." Biden's remarks come as Europe faces its biggest crisis since World War II as nations grapple with how to deter Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The country has not yet declared war on Ukraine, despite having invaded in February, an invasion it still calls "a special military operation." A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought," Biden said. "The United Nations charter and the ideals it represents are in jeopardy and we have a duty to act," Guterres said Tuesday.
The U.N. secretary general said Tuesday that developed economies should impose an extra tax on the profits of fossil fuel firms, with the funds diverted to countries affected by climate change and households struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. But it’s high time to put fossil fuel producers, investors and enablers on notice.”“Polluters must pay. Back in May, for example, the U.K.’s former finance minister, Rishi Sunak, announced details of what he called a “temporary, targeted energy profits levy” on oil and gas firms. And therefore, our proposal also includes the fossil fuel electricity producers, who have to give a crisis contribution.”Overall, von der Leyen said the proposal would raise over 140 billion euros, or around $140.1 billion. “And transition means transition — it means it takes some time.”“The idea that we can turn off the taps and end fossil fuels tomorrow, it’s obviously ridiculous and naive,” Winters said.
Guterres during the "SDG Moment" event at the United Nations headquarters on Monday. The death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her funeral in London on Monday, which many world leaders attended, have created last-minute headaches for the high-level meeting. Diplomats and U.N. staff have scrambled to deal with changes in travel plans, the timing of events and the logistically intricate speaking schedule for world leaders. This year, the 193-member General Assembly returns to only in-person speeches, with a single exception — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The U.S. president, representing the host country for the United Nations, is traditionally the second speaker.
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterTurkey's President Tayyip Erdogan arrives to address the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2022. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThat sentiment could derail the F-16 sale. "They're speaking positively," Erdogan told Reuters at the United Nations before his meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In recent days in New York, Erdogan met with U.S. senators Lindsey Graham and Chris Coons. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
"The fossil fuel industry is feasting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits while household budgets shrink and our planet burns," he said. While Guterres again pushed developed countries to tax the fossil fuel windfall profits, this time he also used his platform to spell out where the money should be spent. He also said multilateral development banks "must step up and deliver" and that helping poor countries adapt to worsening climate shocks "must make up half of all climate finance." "Just as they did for the tobacco industry decades before, lobbyists and spin doctors have spewed harmful misinformation," Guterres said. "Fossil fuel interests need to spend less time averting a PR disaster – and more time averting a planetary one."
On Tuesday, he said fossil fuel firms and their "enablers" needed to be held to account. Fossil fuel firms and their "enablers" needed to be held to account, he went on to state. It also included what he called "the massive public relations machine raking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny." But it's high time to put fossil fuel producers, investors and enablers on notice." And today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies."
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 20, 2022. UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave a somber assessment of global affairs Tuesday in an opening address of the annual high-level gathering in New York City. "Our world is in peril and paralyzed," Guterres told world leaders attending the 77th United Nations General Assembly, which returned in person this week for the first time in three years. "The United Nations charter and the ideals it represents are in jeopardy and we have a duty to act," Guterres added. The remarks come as Europe grapples with perhaps its biggest military conflict since World War II, which has uncovered fissures among major powers on how to deter Russia, support Ukraine and mitigate the consequences of war.
The UN chief accused energy giants of "feasting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits while household budgets shrink and our planet burns." The European Commission is proposing that EU states take a 33% share of the companies' surplus profits. US President Joe Biden's administration mulled the idea in the summer but it gained little momentum. "Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies," Guterres told the Assembly. "Those funds should be redirected in two ways: to countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis, and to people struggling with rising food and energy prices."
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - South Korean pop band Blackpink and American poet Amanda Gorman took to the United Nations stage on Monday to urge action on climate change and other global goals that include achieving gender equality and ending hunger and poverty. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGorman and Blackpink were taking part in an event to promote the 17 sustainable development goals created by the United Nations in 2015. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERSSpeaking via video, the four members of Blackpink - U.N. advocates for the sustainable development goals - urged people to decrease energy consumption, choose local produce and cut food waste. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said various perils were pushing the sustainable development goals "further out of reach," describing the challenge of rescuing them as "immense." The perils we face are no match for a world united," Guterres said.
And it includes the massive public relations machine raking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny. "Fossil fuel interests need to spend less time averting a PR disaster—and more time averting a planetary one. But it is high time to put fossil fuel producers, investors and enablers on notice." What followed was an appeal for fossil fuel companies to be taxed on windfall profits—that's a higher tax rate on sudden, unexpected spikes in earnings. "Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies.
Climate change made the unprecedented monsoon rainfall that left one-third of Pakistan underwater last month far more likely, according to a team of scientists who analyzed the event. They also looked at the heaviest five-day period of monsoon rainfall in hard-hit Sindh and Balochistan. The study found that climate change had inflated the chances of heavy rainfall for both geographies and time periods. As much as one-third of the rainfall that fell during the most intense period in Sindh and Balochistan could be attributed to climate change, it found. Researchers performed an attribution analysis of the heat wave and found it was made 30 times more likely to have been due to climate change, according to Fahad Saeed, an Islamabad-based researcher at the Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Development.
CNN —Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said they are ready to observe an immediate ceasefire and accept an African Union-led peace process to end a conflict with federal forces that has stretched over nearly two years. Tigray’s negotiation team includes TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda, and General Tsadkan Gebretinsae, who are “ready to be deployed without delay,” the statement added. The Ethiopian government formed a committee in June to negotiate with forces from the Tigray region. The United Nations also welcomed the development and is ready to support the AU-led peace process, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Military hostilities between Ethiopian government forces and Tigrayan forces resumed last month after a months-long ceasefire.
Rising temperatures due to climate change lead to heavy rainfall and floods in many parts of the world. Wealthy industrialized countries have pumped far more greenhouse gas emissions — a key driver of climate change — into the air than Pakistan, a low-emitting nation. Children swim in flood waters along with buffalo on the outskirts of Sukkur, Sindh province, on August 30, 2022. Brick kiln workers carry their belongings and move following flash flood in Hyderabad southern Sindh province Pakistan, on August 30, 2022. "Let's stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change," he said, adding, "Today, it's Pakistan.
ISTANBUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday the United Nations is working with the United States and European Union to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilisers reaching world markets. "The other part of this package deal is the unimpeded access to the global markets of Russian food and fertiliser, which are not subject to sanctions," Guterres said in Istanbul, where he visited a coordination centre overseeing the exports. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives at a boat to sail a ship carrying Ukrainian grain, at Zeyport in Istanbul, Turkey August 20, 2022. Guterres said the United Nations was working with Washington and the European Union to remove those obstacles. "Getting more food and fertiliser out of Ukraine and Russia is crucial to further calm commodity markets and lower prices for consumers," he said.
[1/3] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERSLVIV, Ukraine, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he agreed the parameters of a mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at talks on Thursday with the U.N. secretary-general and Turkey's leader. Zelenskiy told a news conference after the talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that Russia should immediately withdraw its forces and stop shelling from the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. "We agreed with the secretary general the conditions of a possible mission by the IAEA to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in a legal way, via territory free from occupiers," Zelenskiy told reporters. "Russia should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from territory of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as well as stopping any provocations and shelling," he said.
[1/4] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands after a joint news conference following their meeting in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichANKARA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he discussed possible ways of ending the war between Ukraine and Russia in a trilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres. Speaking after the meeting in Ukraine's Lviv, Erdogan said they discussed using the positive atmosphere created by a U.N.-brokered grain export deal to establish lasting peace. He also said they discussed the exchange of prisoners of war between Ukraine and Russia, and that he would later raise the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We attach great importance to this issue...of what happened to the exchange of these captives," Erdogan said.
Sursa foto: ProfimediaMinistrul educației polonez spune că Polonia ar trebui să copieze legea anti-LGBT a UngarieiMinistrul educației din guvernul de la Varșovia susține că Polonia ar trebui să copieze legea adoptată de Ungaria împotriva comunității LGBT. Într-un interviu acordat unei gazete conservatoare din Polonia și publicat luni, Przemyslaw Czarnek a lăudat controversată lege adoptată în Ungaria la mijlocul lunii iunie. Ar trebui să copiem aceste reguli în întregime și pe teritoriu polonez”, a spus ministrul. Anterior, el i-a numit „anormali” pe participanții la un marș LGBT din Varșovia și a spus că marșul este o „o insultă la adresa moralității publice”. Premierul olandez, Mark Rutte, a fost foarte ofensiv, spunând că Ungaria, cu legea sa, nu mai are „nimic de făcut în Uniunea Europeană”.
Persons: Czarnek, UE Charles Michel, Ursula von der, ONU Antonio Guterres, Mark Rutte, Viktor Orban Organizations: UE, ONU, Uniunea Europeană, Uniunea Locations: polonez, Polonia, Ungariei, Varșovia, Ungaria, Poloniei, ungară, Bruxelles, Franţa, Germania, Olanda, Italia, Belgia
Sursa foto: jurnal.mdKlaus Iohannis: Este importantă o abordare unitară și coordonată în relația cu RusiaPreședintele României, Klaus Iohannis, susține, la finalul Consiliului European, că în gestionarea relației cu Rusia este important ca statele membre UE să aibă „o abordare unitară și coordonată” și o comunicare strategică. De asemenea, Iohannis a subliniat importanța urmăririi unor interese comune și obiective clare, la nivelul Uniunii, cu o abordare unitară și coordonată în relația cu Federația Rusă, precum și rolul comunicării strategice în ansamblul eforturilor UE. Președintele României, Klaus Iohannis, a participat, în perioada 24-25 iunie 2021, la reuniunea Consiliului European și la Summitul Euro în format extins, desfășurate la Bruxelles, Belgia. Liderii au invitat Consiliul, Comisia Europeană și Înaltul Reprezentant să continue implementarea deplină a acestora, cu o atenție deosebită acordată intereselor și valorilor Uniunii. Totodată, prin concluziile adoptate, liderii europeni au subliniat necesitatea consolidării cooperării cu statele din Vecinătatea Estică, inclusiv la nivelul contactelor inter-umane.
Persons: Klaus, Rusia Președintele României, Klaus Iohannis, Iohannis, Antonio Guterres, Uniunii Organizations: Rusia, Uniunii Europene, UE, Uniunii, Consiliului, ONU, Comisia Europeană, Europeană, Consiliul European Locations: Rusia, UE, București, României, Federația Rusă, Estică, Bruxelles, Belgia, Turcia, Rusiei, Uniunii, Minsk, Siria, Libia
Sursa foto: Getty ImagesRusia se opune continuării ajutorului umanitar al ONU pentru Siria, invocând suveranitatea regimului de la DamascOrganizaţia Naţiunilor Unite (ONU) şi mai multe ţări au făcut presiuni miercuri asupra Rusiei pentru ca aceasta să nu se opună prelungirii autorizaţiei ONU pentru transport de ajutor umanitar transfrontalier către Siria, însă Moscova rămâne inflexibilă, invocând suveranitatea siriană, informează AFP, citată de Digi24. Poporul sirian are extrem de mare nevoie de asistenţă şi este esenţial să mobilizăm toate capacităţile noastre, pe toate canalele ”, a insistat secretarul general al ONU. Au fost lansate negocieri asupra unui proiect de rezoluţie înaintat de Irlanda şi de Norvegia, doi membri nepermanenţi ai Consiliului de Securitate. Într-o scrisoare adresată marţi secretarului general al ONU şi Consiliului de Securitate, circa 30 de ţări au îndemnat la o reînnoire a autorizaţiei transfrontaliere, crescând presiunea asupra Rusiei. „Reînnoirea mecanismului transfrontalier este esenţială pentru a asigura distribuirea directă şi continuă a dozelor de vaccin către toţi sirienii prin sistemul COVAX.
Persons: Antonio Guterres, Vasili Nebenzia, Assad Organizations: ONU, Consiliului, Securitate, Agerpres, Federația Locations: Siria, Damasc, Naţiunilor, Rusiei, Moscova, Irlanda, Norvegia, Federația Rusă, Siriei, Bab, Idlib
Numărul copiilor răpiţi şi violaţi în regiunile în care sunt crize a cunoscut un salt masiv în 2020, potrivit unui raport al ONU, transmite dpa, citează Agerpres. "Încălcările cu cea mai mare creştere exponenţială în 2020 au fost răpirile, cu un procent ameţitor de 90%, violurile şi alte forme de violenţă sexuală, care au crescut cu 70%", a anunţat biroul Virginiei Gamba, reprezentanta specială a ONU pentru copii şi conflictele armate. Biroul a documentat violenţe comise la adresa a peste 19.300 de fete şi băieţi din zonele de conflict în cursul anului 2020. În 8.400 cazuri, copiii au fost ucişi sau mutilaţi, în principal în Afganistan, Siria, Yemen şi Somalia. Human Rights Watch a criticat biroul ONU pentru faptul că nu a inclus Israelul şi Arabia Saudită pe aşa-numita listă neagră din anexa raportului pentru acţiunile acestor ţări împotriva copiilor, deşi violenţele au fost documentate în raport.
Persons: Organizaţia, Antonio Guterres Organizations: ONU Locations: Afganistan, Siria, Yemen, Somalia, Myanmar, Republica Democratică Congo, Arabia Saudită
Sursa foto: arabnews.comONU: Peste 8.500 de copii folosiți ca soldați în conflicte armate anul trecut, iar alți aproape 2.700 au fost ucișiPeste 8.500 de copii au fost folosiți anul trecut pe post de soldați în conflicte armate pe cuprinsul globului și alți aproape 2.700 au fost uciși, potrivit unui raport ONU. Raportul anual al secretarului general ONU, Antonio Guterres, despre copii și conflictele armate conține informații privind uciderea, mutilarea și abuzarea sexuală, răpiri sau recrutări, refuzul accesului ajutoarelor, precum și atacuri asupra școlilor și spitalelor. Raportul a verificat diverse abuzuri asupra a 19.379 de copii în 21 de conflicte. Potrivit verificărilor, 8.521 de copii au fost folosiți ca soldați anul trecut, în timp ce alți 2.674 au fost uciși, iar 5.748 răniți în diverse conflicte. Lista a stârnit multe controverse, unii diplomați spunând că Arabia Saudită și Israelul au făcut presiuni în ultimii ani pentru a nu fi incluse pe listă.
Persons: Antonio Guterres Organizations: ONU, Israelul Locations: Somalia, Republica Democrată Congo, Afganistan, Syiria, Yemen, Arabia Saudită, Yemen Israel, Myanmar, Siria
Secretar general al ONU din ianuarie 2017, fostul premier portughez a fost singurul candidat în cursă. În cadrul unei scurte sesiuni în spatele uşilor închise, Consiliul de Securitate, esenţial în procesul de numire, a decis în unanimitate să recomande Adunării Generale a ONU să prelungească mandatul secretarului general, a anunţat preşedintele său în exerciţiu, ambasadorul estonian Sven Jürgenson. După un prim mandat consacrat limitării consecinţelor potenţial drastice pentru Organizaţie ale politicii unilaterale a lui Donald Trump, Antonio Guterres va trebui să aibă "un plan de luptă pentru toate crizele arzătoare", consideră un diplomat. La începutul lunii mai, Antonio Guterres sublinia că "elementele cheie ale activităţilor" sale se bazează pe discreţie. Ele sunt esenţiale pentru a evita ce e mai rău în confruntări şi pentru a încerca să găsim soluţii", a spus el atunci.
Persons: Sven Jürgenson, Donald Trump, Antonio Guterres Organizations: ONU, Agerpres, Securitate Locations: portughez, Siria, Yemen, Mali, Macedonia, Macedonia de Nord, Libia, Cipru, Etiopia, Tigray, Myanmar
Acordul de încetare a focului a fost posibil după eforturi diplomatice internaționale și datorită medierii Egiptului, transmite digi24.ro. Ambele părți combatante, Israelul și Hamas, gruparea care guvernează în Gaza, au revendicat victoria. "Fără dreptate pentru palestinieni, fără oprirea agresiunii israeliene și a atrocităților israeliene împotriva poporului nostru din Ierusalim, încetarea focului va continua să fie fragilă", a spus el. Statele Unite s-au angajat să colaboreze cu Organizația Națiunilor Unite și cu alte țări interesate pentru a oferi asistență umanitară rapidă și pentru a susține sprijinul internațional pentru poporul din Gaza și pentru eforturile de reconstrucție din Gaza. Gaza a suferit distrugeri masive, în vreme ce israelienii au fost în bună parte apărați de un sistem performant anti-rachetă.
Persons: Ezzat, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Antonio Guterres, Hamas Organizations: Hamas, BBC, Organizația Națiunilor Unite, Autoritatea Palestiniană, ONU, Israelul Locations: Israelul, Gaza, Ierusalim, Israel, SUA, Statele Unite, Israelului, Hamas, israeliană
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