The head of the United Nations warned Wednesday that the 害羞草研究所済ates of hell害羞草研究所� are at hand as intensifies, and top international officials said the world害羞草研究所檚 leaders still aren害羞草研究所檛 doing nearly enough to curb pollution of heat-trapping gases.

They pleaded with major emitting nations to do more.

Those nations remained silent. They weren害羞草研究所檛 allowed to speak because, organizers said, they had no new actions to take.

The only countries that touted their efforts 害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所渇irst movers and doers,害羞草研究所� the United Nations called them 害羞草研究所� were responsible for just one-ninth of the world害羞草研究所檚 annual carbon pollution.

害羞草研究所淗umanity has opened the gates of hell,害羞草研究所� U.N. Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres said Wednesday, opening a special climate ambition summit with yet another plea for action. 害羞草研究所� is having horrendous effects. Distraught farmers watching crops carried away by floods. Sweltering temperatures spawning disease. And thousands fleeing in fear as historic fires rage.害羞草研究所�

Guterres convened the summit with the idea that only world leaders who came with new concrete actions would get to address their peers on the issue. But leaders of the countries that produce the most heat-trapping gases themselves chose not to even ask.

Heads of state from China, the United States, India, Russia, the United Kingdom and France all skipped the summit. The United States, which has put the most carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the decades, sent its climate envoy, John Kerry, to the summit even though President Joe Biden was in town. Then the United Nations didn害羞草研究所檛 give Kerry a speaking spot. But California Gov. Gavin Newsom was given the space to speak and tout his state害羞草研究所檚 efforts.

The 32 national leaders who did qualify represent only 11% of the world害羞草研究所檚 carbon dioxide pollution. China and the United States both emit more carbon dioxide than those 32 countries combined. The European Commission害羞草研究所檚 president was also permitted to speak.

害羞草研究所淲e are in the final stages of what actions are needed to preserve this planet and regrettably I害羞草研究所檓 not sure everybody is getting it,害羞草研究所� said Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who called on debt pauses and cancellations and changes in multinational development banks and the insurance industry.

Mottley, a leader of poorer nations struck frequently by extreme weather, lamented that everybody was paying attention to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who was speaking at the same time While she stands in support of Ukraine, she said, climate change is 害羞草研究所渁 greater threat because more lives are at stake globally than they are in Ukraine.害羞草研究所�

EXTRA EFFORTS CALLED FOR

Even though the world in 2015 adopted (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, instead Earth is on a path to warming 2.8 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) 害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所渁 dangerous and unstable world,害羞草研究所� Guterres warned. The world has already warmed at least 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since the middle of the 19th century.

害羞草研究所淏ut the future is not fixed. It is for leaders like you to write it,害羞草研究所� Guterres said.

Guterres called on 害羞草研究所渕ajor emitters 害羞草研究所� who have benefitted most from fossil fuels 害羞草研究所� to make extra efforts to cut emissions, and on wealthy countries to support emerging economies to do so.害羞草研究所� They were silent.

害羞草研究所淭here害羞草研究所檚 no doubt that the absence of so many leaders from the world害羞草研究所檚 biggest economies and emitters will clearly have an impact on the outcomes of the summit and diminish the contribution that many of us had hoped it could make,害羞草研究所� said longtime climate negotiations analyst Alden Meyer of the European think-tank 3EG.

On the same day Guterres called for more and faster cuts in heat-trapping emissions and in spending helping poor countries shift to renewable energy and adapt to a warmer world, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared poised to 害羞草研究所� and go in the opposite direction.

In contrast, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen crowed about how their members pledged to reduce carbon pollution 55% by 2030 and is doing even better than that.

Guterres, a new special U.N. report on the lack of progress in the fight against climate change, activists and some scientists have called for a phase-out of fossil fuels coal, oil and natural gas. But international negotiations keep away from adopting such a big move.

SMALLER NATIONS CAN害羞草研究所橳 GO IT ALONE

On Wednesday, Guterres once again pushed for an end to fossil fuel subsidies, something he said 害羞草研究所渞eached an incredible $7 trillion in 2022.害羞草研究所� The secretary-general criticized 害羞草研究所渢he naked greed of entrenched interests raking in billions from fossil fuels.害羞草研究所�

He called on wealthy nations to fulfill their $100 billion pledges to help poorer countries deal with climate change. The United States is one of the countries that hasn害羞草研究所檛 done so. The U.N. chief also pushed for countries to spend even more than they害羞草研究所檝e promised and put in money to a 害羞草研究所渓oss and damage害羞草研究所� fund agreed upon last year that are sort of payments to help nations harmed by extreme weather from global warming.

Africa 害羞草研究所渃an leapfrog into a fully green industrial paradigm,害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶛 Kenyan President William Ruto said. 害羞草研究所淵et we cannot and must not do this on our own.害羞草研究所�

To get there, Africa needs the world to change its debt and credit systems, an extra $500 billion in financial help and a global tax, Ruto said. 害羞草研究所淲hat we need is fairness 害羞草研究所� a fair financial system.害羞草研究所�

A NEW HOPE

Sultan Al Jaber, who will run the upcoming climate negotiations in Dubai, put a giant number on the problem: 22 billion metric tons. That害羞草研究所檚 how much carbon dioxide emissions the world has to cut in the next seven years to reach the world害羞草研究所檚 climate-fighting goal. Then he came up with a bigger number: It will cost the globe between $4 trillion and $5 trillion a year, he said.

害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of this challenge,害羞草研究所� Al Jaber told the summit. 害羞草研究所淟et害羞草研究所檚 go after the gigatons, not each other.害羞草研究所�

Experts and United Nations reports say the world needs to reduce emissions by 43% in the next seven years to reach the goal set by the 2015 Paris agreement.

害羞草研究所淭his started as the climate ambition summit, and I believe it ends as the climate hope summit,害羞草研究所� Guterres said, wrapping up the day-long meetings.

The promises and actions dischssed Wednesday keep alive the world害羞草研究所檚 chances of limiting warming to the international goal, Guterres said.

害羞草研究所淲e are not yet there,害羞草研究所� he said. But there are cities, regions and companies that are leading the way. 害羞草研究所淚f these first movers and first doers can do it, everybody can do it.害羞草研究所�

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