PM calls on countries to make strong commitments to greenhouse gas reduction
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on countries to make strong commitments to reduce greenhouse emissions on the basis of common responsibility that suit their conditions and capacity, adding that there should be fairness and justice in climate change issues.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. (photo:VOV) |
He made the call while delivering a keynote speech at the first working day of the Climate Summit, held within the framework of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday.
PM Chinh said that the negative impacts of climate change are seriously affecting food and water source security, and sustainable development, and even threatening the survival of many countries and communities. It requires the international community to take stronger and more responsible actions without delay on a global scale.
The PM affirmed that response to climate change and natural recovery must become the top priority in every development policy, the highest ethical standard of every sector, business and person. Every action must be based on nature and put people at the centre and consider people as the subject and driving force for sustainable development so that no one is left behind.
PM Chinh held that climate finance, technology transfer and capacity improvement play an important role in successfully carrying out the Paris Agreement.
Developed countries must fully deliver on their financial commitments while setting out more ambitious financial goals after 2025.