Cop26, world leaders in Glasgow. Johnson: “We need to act on the climate now”

“It’s a minute until midnight and we have to act now.” This is the message of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the leaders of the world gathered today in Glasgow for the work of the CoP26. At the opening ceremony, according to advances from Downing Street, the prime minister will say that humanity “has long since put climate change to the test”, warning that “if we are not serious, it will be too late for our children to do so. tomorrow” . Read also THREE OBJECTIVES There are three objectives that the European Union, the ‘herbivorous’ power that is leading the fight to cut climate-altering emissions, has targeted COP26, the 26th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which held in Glasgow and will end on 12 November. First, do what is necessary to keep the planet warming at around 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels, as foreseen by the 2015 Paris Agreement. And, to keep this target in sight, more efforts are needed already in that. decade, as the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said. In short, those who have made commitments long ago should also present intermediate and concrete plans to implement them, already acting in this decade. Second, mobilize climate finance, i.e. financial aid from the most developed countries (largely responsible for global warming) to the poorest ones, to help them move to a less polluting economy, managing to deliver 100 billion dollars. the year already starting from 2022, and not from 2023. Third, to find an agreement on the ‘rulebook’, the set of rules that, on a scientific basis, will make it possible to measure climate-altering emissions and the exchange of shares of the same between Countries, avoiding double counting. It is the most technical and complicated part of the negotiation, but also the one on which there is a certain optimism in Brussels.