Georgetown : President Bharrat Jagdeo reminded world leaders that in order to avert the biggest economic and social catastrophe ever seen, planet earth has to be stabilized, which at the unlimited limit, means stabilizing global temperatures at a maximum of two degrees above pre-industrial levels.
The Guyanese President was at the time Speaking at the 66th United Nations (UN) General Assembly, in New York, yesterday..
“The disaster that this could represent is beyond anyone’s comprehension. And the fact that we are not treating it as the emergency it is will be viewed by history as the biggest derogation of responsibility by societies and governments to ever take place. “
President Jagdeo said he feels strongly that there is a burning need for ‘high order political leadership’ to re-energise the climate change process and deliver credible results.
As he recalled his almost 12 years in office, President Jagdeo told the UN session that three aspects of the UN’s role over that period is recollected, namely that while values which inform the UN’s work (peace, equality and justice) are timeless, they are not of much use unless the UN uses them to catalyze practical and meaningful responses to the contemporary, changing challenges now being faced by people.President Bharrat Jagdeo reminded world leaders that in order to avert the biggest economic and social catastrophe ever seen, planet earth has to be stabilized, which at the unlimited limit, means stabilizing global temperatures at a maximum of two degrees above pre-industrial levels.
The Guyanese President was at the time Speaking at the 66th United Nations (UN) General Assembly, in New York, yesterday..
“The disaster that this could represent is beyond anyone’s comprehension. And the fact that we are not treating it as the emergency it is will be viewed by history as the biggest derogation of responsibility by societies and governments to ever take place. “
President Jagdeo said he feels strongly that there is a burning need for ‘high order political leadership’ to re-energise the climate change process and deliver credible results.
As he recalled his almost 12 years in office, President Jagdeo told the UN session that three aspects of the UN’s role over that period is recollected, namely that while values which inform the UN’s work (peace, equality and justice) are timeless, they are not of much use unless the UN uses them to catalyze practical and meaningful responses to the contemporary, changing challenges now being faced by people.
