George Papandreou considers the agreement reached at the COP26 conference in Glasgow to deal with the climate crisis, at a time when the planet is in a state of emergency, to be a lukewarm compromise. “Climate justice must be translated into action before it is too late,” he said.
In a statement, the former prime minister and presidential candidate of KINAL, said that “it is a pity that there was no collective will to ensure that global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, above the levels of the pre-industrial era. According to the UN, we are currently in the process of overheating by 2.7 degrees Celsius. With catastrophic consequences for the environment, our life and our culture “. He wondered if it was enough to talk about intensifying efforts without anything more specific, as everyone is already experiencing what climate change means, with heat waves, floods and drought, but also effects related to population movement, agriculture and health.
“Depoliticization should not be violent, but it is necessary if we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” Papandreou said, adding that aid to poor countries less responsible for climate change had fallen on deaf ears. , but suffer more than its consequences, due to the reluctance of developed countries to help.
George Papandreou stressed that the transition to a different, green model of development, without international cooperation and national plan, financially burdens the weakest, which is why “we need more pressure and struggle from all to face the risk of climate change immediately and decisively “.
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