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Oxfam calls for climate collaboration to tackle global emissions
All countries will have to contribute their fair share in cutting global emissions, says Oxfam in responding to the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report
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ll countries will have to contribute their fair share in cutting global emissions, says Oxfam in responding to the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
It further says governments must use the report to guide their negotiations for a new climate treaty to be adopted in Paris in 2015.
'In a warming world, countries must either hang together in climate collaboration, or they will fall apart in climate chaos. After this report, there can be no doubt that every country must tackle their emissions,' Oxfam's climate expert Jan Kowalzig in a release made available to The Jakarta Post on Monday.
He said emissions were rising fastest in emerging economies and in the interest of their poorest citizens on the front line of climate change they must play bigger role than in the past.
'Rich countries cannot simply pass the buck, however. They must do their fair share by both slashing their emissions faster and finally providing the financial support for climate action in poor countries they have promised,' said Kowalzig.
Cutting emissions is vital to winning the fight against hunger, according to Oxfam. It says the landmark report released on Sunday shows that while current action is far from sufficient, the worst scenarios of climate change can be avoided.
The report confirms that action on climate change will have tiny impacts on the economy and bring several important co-benefits, such as better air quality and improved energy access for people living in poverty, Oxfam said.
'If we fail to act on climate change, the chance of eradicating hunger from our world may be lost forever. This report shows cutting emissions sufficiently comes at little cost, so we have no excuse for letting that happen,' Kowalzig said. (ebf)
