The climate summit organized by United States President Joe Biden, with the participation of 40 government leaders, scientists and experts, from Xi Jinping a Bill Gates, gives Antonio Guterres to the prime minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga.
The appointment, launched on the occasion of the World Earth Day, paves the way for United Nations Conference on Climate Change, Cop26, which will be held in November, and in anticipation of which Suga declared that “Japan with a multilateral approach is ready to lead mankind” towards decarbonizzazione, because “the international community needs greater solidarity”.
It is about “a challenge that all mankind must aim to solve response to climate change it no longer represents a limit to the economy but a push for long-term dynamic growth, not only for Japan but for the whole world. “
“With this vision in mind, last fall I made a commitment to get to net zero emissions by 2050, as soon as I took up the post of prime minister, an important step, “Suga recalls,” with a 46% cut in emissions by 2030”.
Japan “will continue its efforts, it is not an easy task but we are ready to demonstrate our leadership for global decarbonization” and “from now on we will accelerate the measures to achieve the goal, creating a virtuous circle between the economy and the environment“.
In our commitment “to lead the effort towards decarbonization”, says Suga, at the national level “we will advance towards the circular economy by creating new industries and economies”. That said, however, “global decarbonization cannot be achieved by the efforts of one country but by the whole community, which must be united”, warns the prime minister, but “we can create a global wave of commitment” and “today they are reunited countries accounting for 80% emissions“, therefore” we can overwhelm the world with the wave of our commitment “.
“Joe Biden and I, during my visit to Washington, have had the pleasure of confirm and relaunch cooperation between Japan and the United States and the ambition for decarbonisation and clean energy “, continues Prime Minister Suga.” Japan and the United States will work to promote world decarbonization and continued cooperation on every area of implementation of the Paris Agreement, on clean technologies and on accelerating the transition of developing countries, including the countries of the Indo-Pacific to decarbonise societies “.