Sunday, November 26, 2023

COP 28 & Antactida : Secretário Geral da ONU António Guterres visita Antarctida !

 




Antactida
credits: United Nations


"I've come to Antarctica ahead of #COP28. Ice here is melting at record rates - raising sea levels & endangering lives & livelihoods on coasts across the world. Let's get the climate crisis under control. Let's protect Antarctica to protect ourselves."


António Guterres, Secretário-Geral da ONU


Em viagem na Antárctida, o Secretário-Geral da ONU, António Guterres, disse estar alarmado com o que está acontecer na região. 


Diante dos glaciares, afirmou que as evidências mostram, “de forma esmagadora, há uma aceleração do derretimento do gelo, o que poderá ser catastrófico para as comunidades costeiras de todo o mundo”.




 
O secretário-geral da ONU, António Guterres (no centro) visita a base Frei Antárctica
credits: 
ONU/Mark Garten


Impacto do Aquecimento Global:


Para o chefe da ONU, a Antárctida, que tem sido chamada de 'gigante adormecido', actualmente “está a ser despertada pelo caos climático”.


O Secretário-geral, António Guterres também afirmou que “a poluição provicada pelos combustíveis fósseis está a aquecer o planeta, desencadeando a anarquia climática na Antárctida”. Acrescentou que o Oceano Antárctico absorveu a maior parte do calor do aquecimento global.

O líder da ONU dirigiu a sua mensagem aos líderes que participarão na 28ª Conferència Mundial do Clima, COP28, nos Emirados Árabes dias 30 de Novembro a 12 de Dezembro 2023. 


Pedirá acção imediata para limitar o aumento da temperatura global a 1,5°C, proteger as pessoas do caos climático e acabar com a era dos combustíveis fósseis. 





COP28
credits: UN

Preservação da esperança:


Secretário-Geral António Guterres declarou que o mundo não deve permitir que todas as esperanças de um planeta sustentável se desfaçam.


Diisse ainda esperar que na COP28, os países sejam capazes de decidir sobre a eliminação progressiva dos combustíveis fósseis, que apelidou de "a causa profunda das alterações climáticas".


O chefe das Nações Unidas afirmou que “o que acontece na Antárctida não fica na Antárctida”. Ressaltou que é necessário proteger a região para proteger toda a Humanidade.


António Guterres realizou a visita juntamente com o presidente do Chile, Gabriel Boric.Visitou a Base Científica Professor Julio Escudero, onde teve reuniões com cientistas.





Antactida
credits: United Nations

"Antarctica is geographically remote for most of us, but its future is closely linked to that of future generations.

I was encouraged to see how people working in & for Antarctica are guided by cooperation, not competition.

This is the spirit we need next week at #COP28."


António Guterres, UN Secretary-General





António Guterres, UN General Secretary
Antactida
credits: United Nations

António Guterres is in Antarctica this week, where he saw first-hand how climate change is impacting the world’s southernmost continent, which is mostly covered in ice.

Antarctica has been called the sleeping giant, but it is now being awoken by climate chaos, the UN Secretary-General has warned.






Antactida
credits: United Nations



"I am alarmed by what is happening in Antarctica where the evidence overwhelmingly shows that there is an acceleration of melting of ice, which could be catastrophic to coastal communities everywhere. What happens in Antarctica doesn’t stay in Antarctica."

António Guterres, UN Secretary-General





Antactida
credits: United Nations


The hit is on:

“Fossil fuel pollution is heating our planet, unleashing climate anarchy in Antarctica,” said Mr. Guterres, adding that the Southern Ocean has taken the majority of the heat from global warming.


“That means ice is melting into the ocean at record rates. Melting ice means sea levels rising at record rates," he explained.

"That directly endangers the lives and livelihoods of people in coastal communities across the globe. It means homes are no longer insurable. And it threatens the very existence of some small island States.” 





Antactida
credits: United Nations

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, and impacts are felt everywhere, including here in Antarctica.


The UN Secretary-General hope that countries at #COP28 will be able to decide on the phase out of fossil fuels, with a clear time frame aligned to the 1.5° warming limit.






Antactida
credits: United Nations


Biodiversity is essential for human survival.

But in Antarctica - and around the world - flora and fauna are threatened by the climate crisis.

We must protect our common home for the sake of the planet & for the generations that will come after us.






Antactida
credits: United Nations


Unleashing catastrophe worldwide:


Antarctic sea ice is at an all-time low.  New figures show that this September, it was 1.5 million square kilometers smaller than the average for the time of year – “an area roughly the size of Portugal, Spain, France and Germany combined.”


The Secretary-General appealed for world leaders attending the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai next week to act now to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.







Antactida
credits: United Nations


He also urged them to protect people from climate chaos, and end the fossil fuel age, saying “we must not let all hopes for a sustainable planet melt away.’


Mr. Guterres noted that the Greenland ice sheet is also melting fast, losing over 250 gigatons of ice every year.


“All of this spells catastrophe around the world. What happens in Antarctica doesn’t stay in Antarctica. And what happens thousands of miles away has a direct impact right here,” he said.


Limit temperature raise:


The Secretary-General appealed for world leaders attending the COP28 climate change Conference in Dubai this week 1- 2 December, to act now to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.


He also urged them to protect people from climate chaos, and end the fossil fuel age, saying “we must not let all hopes for a sustainable planet melt away.’


The UN chief visited the Professor Julio Escudero research base last Saturday where he was  briefed by scientists.

 

“All of this spells catastrophe around the world. What happens in Antarctica doesn’t stay in Antarctica. And what happens thousands of miles away has a direct impact right here,” 


António Guterres, UN Secretary-General

Let's hope that the COP28 will be positive not only there, but all the time to come


Geração 'explorer'

26.11.2023






Sources: António Guterres Twitter/ X / United Nations




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