Post by patsonmusiiwa on Sept 24, 2009 10:31:06 GMT -5
President attends UN climate change talks
Newsnet-Herald Reporter.
President Mugabe on Tuesday joined other world leaders at a summit on climate change at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The summit, which ran on the sidelines of the ongoing 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, was aimed at generating momentum towards sealing a new climate change deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol that has failed to garner full international support.
The summit was also to lay the groundwork for a climate change conference scheduled for Copenhagen, Den-mark, in December this year.
The plenary session of the summit was addressed by Heads of State and Government selected from large market economies, fast-growing developing countries, landlocked developing countries, middle income nations and small island developing countries.
Representatives of youth organisations, civil society as well as corporates such as British Airways and other aviation and energy industry concerns also addressed the summit.
During the summit, the world leaders expressed determination to take urgent steps to address climate change, acknow-ledging that it constituted one of the greatest threats to mankind’s survival.
All leaders from the industrialised countries who spoke at the occasion noted that they now recognised the gravity of the threat of climate change, which they never took seriously in the past.
The reticence of industrialised nations — who are themselves the largest producers of greenhouse emissions linked to climate change — has in the past been blamed for the failure of the Kyoto Protocol to take off.
Among these powers are the United States, whose administration has in the past denied evidence of climate change.
The world leaders stressed the need to work towards the development of a green economy by instituting a major shift to low carbon economies.
They also renewed pledges to help fight poverty, protect the environment and to create jobs.
Heads of State and Government acknowledged the scientific findings of climate change and stressed the need to take scientists’ warnings and recommendations seriously.
Climate change in Zimbabwe has led to changes in weather and seasonal patterns and has been a major threat to national and household food security.
The cycles of drought and flooding are becoming more frequent in Zimbabwe, and this has been partly blamed for food shortages in the country.
The general debate of the 64th UN General Assembly, where world leaders tackle various issues, opened yester- day.
President Mugabe — who is the Head of State and Government as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces — will address the General Assembly tomorrow after which he will fly to Venezuela for the Africa-Latin America Summit on the resort island of Margarita. — Newsnet-Herald Reporter.
Newsnet-Herald Reporter.
President Mugabe on Tuesday joined other world leaders at a summit on climate change at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The summit, which ran on the sidelines of the ongoing 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, was aimed at generating momentum towards sealing a new climate change deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol that has failed to garner full international support.
The summit was also to lay the groundwork for a climate change conference scheduled for Copenhagen, Den-mark, in December this year.
The plenary session of the summit was addressed by Heads of State and Government selected from large market economies, fast-growing developing countries, landlocked developing countries, middle income nations and small island developing countries.
Representatives of youth organisations, civil society as well as corporates such as British Airways and other aviation and energy industry concerns also addressed the summit.
During the summit, the world leaders expressed determination to take urgent steps to address climate change, acknow-ledging that it constituted one of the greatest threats to mankind’s survival.
All leaders from the industrialised countries who spoke at the occasion noted that they now recognised the gravity of the threat of climate change, which they never took seriously in the past.
The reticence of industrialised nations — who are themselves the largest producers of greenhouse emissions linked to climate change — has in the past been blamed for the failure of the Kyoto Protocol to take off.
Among these powers are the United States, whose administration has in the past denied evidence of climate change.
The world leaders stressed the need to work towards the development of a green economy by instituting a major shift to low carbon economies.
They also renewed pledges to help fight poverty, protect the environment and to create jobs.
Heads of State and Government acknowledged the scientific findings of climate change and stressed the need to take scientists’ warnings and recommendations seriously.
Climate change in Zimbabwe has led to changes in weather and seasonal patterns and has been a major threat to national and household food security.
The cycles of drought and flooding are becoming more frequent in Zimbabwe, and this has been partly blamed for food shortages in the country.
The general debate of the 64th UN General Assembly, where world leaders tackle various issues, opened yester- day.
President Mugabe — who is the Head of State and Government as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces — will address the General Assembly tomorrow after which he will fly to Venezuela for the Africa-Latin America Summit on the resort island of Margarita. — Newsnet-Herald Reporter.