Conference Discusses Bulgaria's Preparation for Climate Summit in Glasgow
NW 16:22:01 28-09-2021
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112 ECONOMY - CLIMATE CHANGE - CONFERENCE - UN
Conference Discusses Bulgaria's
Preparation for
Climate Summit in Glasgow
Sofia, September 28 (BTA) - Bulgaria's preparation for the key UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow was discussed here on Tuesday at a meeting titled "The Road to COP 26: The Choice of Bulgaria". State officials, diplomats, entrepreneurs, scientists and ecologists took part in the forum, organized by the MOVE.BG event platform and the embassies of Britain and Italy in Bulgaria.
Addressing the forum, Britain's Ambassador Rob Dixon said that clean growth is possible. According to him, countries which lowered their carbon dioxide emissions have created new industries and jobs.
Over the last 30 years the United Kingdom has cut greenhouse emissions in half while its economy has grown by 75 per cent, said Dixon. Bulgaria can also adopt more ambitious goals and specific plans for clean growth despite all challenges, he added.
According to Italian Ambassador Giuseppina Zarra, a new development model is needed and its centrepiece should be climate change mitigation. Italy's G20 Presidency targets actions toward large countries which are still hesitant or lack specific plans for the climate change threat. Its main goal is to achieve historical consensus on political engagement, aiming for climate neutrality by 2050, Zarra said.
From September 28 to October 2 Italy is playing host to an event which will allow young people from all over the world to present proposals for tackling climate change, before they are discussed at the Conference in Glasgow, the Italian Ambassador said. Two young women from Bulgaria are among the participants.
Addressing the forum, MOVE.BG Chairperson Sasha Bezuhanova said that Bulgaria's level of engagement in combating climate change is weak in terms of formal leadership.
This is a hot topic mainly due to the social dimension of the closure of the Maritsa East coal mines while the commitments officially assumed by Bulgaria in the framework of the European process are not supported by a viable national plan for reducing greenhouse emissions by 55 per cent by the year 2030 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050, as aimed by Europe, Bezuhanova said.
Most of Bulgaria's achievements in climate change mitigation are the result of civic engagement and eco-activism rather than consistent state policies, she added.
According to the Chairperson of MOVE.BG, COP 26 is an opportunity to raise the climate change issue to a higher political level in Bulgaria while seeking specific solutions of the problem./DS/KK/VE
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KK1620NW.112
112 ECONOMY - CLIMATE CHANGE - CONFERENCE - UN
Conference Discusses Bulgaria's
Preparation for
Climate Summit in Glasgow
Sofia, September 28 (BTA) - Bulgaria's preparation for the key UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow was discussed here on Tuesday at a meeting titled "The Road to COP 26: The Choice of Bulgaria". State officials, diplomats, entrepreneurs, scientists and ecologists took part in the forum, organized by the MOVE.BG event platform and the embassies of Britain and Italy in Bulgaria.
Addressing the forum, Britain's Ambassador Rob Dixon said that clean growth is possible. According to him, countries which lowered their carbon dioxide emissions have created new industries and jobs.
Over the last 30 years the United Kingdom has cut greenhouse emissions in half while its economy has grown by 75 per cent, said Dixon. Bulgaria can also adopt more ambitious goals and specific plans for clean growth despite all challenges, he added.
According to Italian Ambassador Giuseppina Zarra, a new development model is needed and its centrepiece should be climate change mitigation. Italy's G20 Presidency targets actions toward large countries which are still hesitant or lack specific plans for the climate change threat. Its main goal is to achieve historical consensus on political engagement, aiming for climate neutrality by 2050, Zarra said.
From September 28 to October 2 Italy is playing host to an event which will allow young people from all over the world to present proposals for tackling climate change, before they are discussed at the Conference in Glasgow, the Italian Ambassador said. Two young women from Bulgaria are among the participants.
Addressing the forum, MOVE.BG Chairperson Sasha Bezuhanova said that Bulgaria's level of engagement in combating climate change is weak in terms of formal leadership.
This is a hot topic mainly due to the social dimension of the closure of the Maritsa East coal mines while the commitments officially assumed by Bulgaria in the framework of the European process are not supported by a viable national plan for reducing greenhouse emissions by 55 per cent by the year 2030 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050, as aimed by Europe, Bezuhanova said.
Most of Bulgaria's achievements in climate change mitigation are the result of civic engagement and eco-activism rather than consistent state policies, she added.
According to the Chairperson of MOVE.BG, COP 26 is an opportunity to raise the climate change issue to a higher political level in Bulgaria while seeking specific solutions of the problem./DS/KK/VE
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