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U.N. secretary-general urges ambitious national climate plans and $1.3 trillion a year for developing countries ahead of COP30
Summary
The United Nations secretary-general told reporters the global clean-energy transition must accelerate before COP30, called for stronger nationally determined contributions and for developed countries to scale up climate finance, including doubling adaptation funding and expanding loss-and-damage resources.
United Nations Secretary-General delivered remarks on international climate action and a just transition and urged leaders to submit stronger nationally determined contributions (NDCs) well ahead of COP30 and to mobilize large-scale finance for developing countries.
The secretary-general said the meeting he and Brazilian President Lula convened included 17 heads of state and government and representatives from major economies and climate-vulnerable groups, and that the gathering sent a clear signal to accelerate action before COP30. He called renewables “the economic opportunity of the century,” warned that climate change is deepening poverty and displacement, and urged developed countries to increase support for adaptation and loss-and-damage finance.
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