Discurso do Secretário-geral da ONU, António Guterres no lançamento do Relatório Síntese AR6 do IPCC

O IPCC encerrou seu Sexto Ciclo de Avaliação (AR6) ao apresentar seu Relatório de Síntese (SYR).
Discurso de António Guterres:
Dear friends,
Humanity is on thin ice and that ice is melting fast
As today’s report of the IPCC details, humans are responsible for virtually all global heating over the last 200 years
The rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest in 2,000 years. Concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest in at least two million years. The climate time-bomb is ticking
But today’s IPCC report is a how-to guide to defuse the climate time-bomb. It is a survival guide for humanity
As it shows, the 1.5ºC limit is achievable. But it will take a quantum leap in climate action
This report is a clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe
In short, our world needs climate action on all fronts -- everything, everywhere, all at once
I have proposed to the G20 a Climate Solidarity Pact – in which all big emitters make extra efforts to cut emissions, and wealthier countries mobilize financial and technical resources to support emerging economies in a common effort to keep 1.5ºC alive
Today, I am presenting a plan to super-charge efforts to achieve this Climate Solidarity Pact through an all-hands-on-deck Acceleration Agenda.
It starts with parties immediately hitting the fast-forward button on their net zero deadlines to get to global net zero by 2050 in line with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in light of different national circumstances
Specifically, leaders of developed countries must commit to reaching net zero as close as possible to 2040, the limit they should all aim to respect.
This can be done. Some have already set a target as early as 2035.
Leaders in emerging economies must commit to reaching net zero as close as possible to 2050 – again, the limit they should all aim to respect.
A number have already made the 2050 commitment
This is the moment for all G20 members to come together in a joint effort, pooling their resources and scientific capacities as well as their proven and affordable technologies through the public and private sectors to make carbon neutrality a reality by 2050
Every country must be part of the solution
Demanding others move first only ensures humanity comes last. The Acceleration Agenda calls for a number of other actions.
Specifically:
No new coal and the phasing out of coal by 2030 in OECD countries and 2040 in all other countries
Ending all international public and private funding of coal
Ensuring net zero electricity generation by 2035 for all developed countries and 2040 for the rest of the world
Ceasing all licensing or funding of new oil and gas consistent with the findings of the International Energy Agency
Stopping any expansion of existing oil and gas reserves
Shifting subsidies from fossil fuels to a just energy transition
Establishing a global phase down of existing oil and gas production compatible with the 2050 global net zero target
I urge all governments to prepare energy transition plans consistent with these actions and ready for investors
I am also calling on CEOs of all oil and gas companies to be part of the solution
They should present credible, comprehensive and detailed transition plans in line with the recommendations of my High-Level Expert Group on net zero pledges
These plans must clearly detail actual emission cuts for 2025 and 2030, and efforts to change business models to phase out fossil fuels and scale up renewable energy
This acceleration has already started in some sectors, but investors now need crystal clear signals
And all governments need the assurance that business leaders will help them deliver on extra efforts but governments must also create an enabling policy and regulatory environment
Shipping, aviation, steel, cement, aluminum, agriculture every sector must be aligned with net zero by 2050 with clear plans including interim targets to get there
At the same time, we need to seize the opportunity to invest in credible innovations that can contribute to reaching our global targets
We must also speed-up efforts to deliver climate justice to those on the frontlines of many crises none of them they caused
We can do this by:
Safeguarding the most vulnerable communities, and scaling up finance and capacities for adaptation and loss and damage
Promoting reforms to ensure Multilateral Development Banks provide more grants and concessional loans and fully mobilize private finance.
Delivering on the financial commitments made in Copenhagen, Paris and Glasgow
Replenishing the Green Climate Fund this year and developing a roadmap to double adaptation finance before 2025
Protecting everyone with early warning systems against natural disasters in four years
Implementing the new loss and damage fund this year
The longer we wait on any of these crucial issues, the harder it will become