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  • Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency?

  • That is why today I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a state of climate emergency in their countries until carbon neutrality is reached.

  • Some 38 countries have already done so, recognizing the urgency and the stakes, I urge all others to follow the trillions of dollars needed for covet recovery is money that we are borrowing from future generations and this is a moral test.

  • We cannot use these resources to lock in policies that burden future generations with the mountain of depth on a broken planet.

  • And so the central objectives United Nations for 2021 is to build a truly global coalition for carbon neutrality.

  • By the middle of the century, together we can reduce our emissions.

  • We can radically cut our dependence on fossil fuels.

  • We can change our agricultural practices.

  • Andan short.

  • We can reverse the process by which for centuries humanity has bean quilting our planet in a toxic tea cozy of greenhouse gasses.

Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency?

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