Poke, please tell me again what’s going to happen in 4 days when 2 IA members will be attending COP26 in Glasgow. The Prime Minister and the Minister for agriculture, self-sufficiency, energy and the environment.
Múte goes to climate summitChairman Múte B. Egede and another member of the Naalakkersuisut will attend the climate summit in Glasgow. However, it is still unknown what the politicians will bring to the summit.Múte B. Egede participates in the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Leiff JosefsenTHOMAS MUNK VEIRUMWednesday, October 27, 2021 - 13:04On Sunday, the COP26 climate conference begins in Glasgow, Scotland, where the countries of the world will meet and discuss climate change and not least try to come up with solutions.The Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced that she will participate in the conference on 1 and 2 November, and from Greenland the Naalakkersuisut will be present.The chairman's department informs Sermitsiaq.AG that chairman Múte B. Egede (IA) and naalakkersuisoq for agriculture, self-sufficiency, energy and the environment, Kalistat Lund (IA), are going to Scotland.At the time of writing, it has not been possible to get an interview or other information about what the two members of the Naalakkersuisut aim for participation in the conference.Will Greenland accede to the Paris Agreement?A hot topic in the coalition party IA has been whether Greenland should accede to the Paris agreement from 2015, which Greenland has currently made reservations about and is therefore outside.IA said during the election campaign that the party wanted Greenland in the agreement. Since then, there has been no news from Naalakkersuisut in the case, but member of IA in Inatsisartut Mariia Simonsen has asked questions about when Naalakkersuisut expects to join the agreement.ALSO READ:Awaiting review of the Paris AgreementIn this connection, the then naalakkersuisoq for foreign affairs, Pele Broberg (N), stated in August that the Naalakkersuisut awaits a new assessment of the consequences if Greenland chooses to accede to the Paris Agreement.Originally, the reason for making reservations was that the agreement could limit Greenland's opportunities to develop a large mining industry, as a thriving mining industry would greatly increase CO2 emissions in this country.Secretary General: The world is heading for disasterReduction is CO2 emissions is the big theme for the upcoming summit.According to Ritzau, over 100 countries have submitted updated climate targets before COP26 in Glasgow. But they will only reduce the expected total emissions in 2030 by 7.5 percent. It is necessary to cut 55 percent to hit 1.5 degrees, which is the goal of the Paris Agreement.Ritzau further writes that with the current climate promises from the countries of the world, we are heading towards a globe that is at least 2.7 degrees warmer in the year 2100. This can lead to "tipping points", where the Earth's climate runs wild and comes out completely. control.ALSO READ:UN panel: Global temperature soon exceeds critical limitThis is stated in the report "The Heat Is On", which was presented on Tuesday by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in New York.- The report shows that the world is still heading towards disaster, he said.- As world leaders prepare for COP26 (climate summit, ed.), This report is yet another thundering wake-up call. How many do we need, António Guterres asked at a press conference.
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