UN meets calls for combating climate change on urgent priority

TIL Desk/World/Marrakesh/ Nearly 200 countries today called for “highest political commitment” to combat climate change on “urgent priority” at a UN gathering here, noting that global climate is warming at an “alarming and unprecedented” rate.

The “Marrakesh Action Proclamation”, which was agreed upon by all the parties — 196 nations and the EU bloc — taking part in the summit, was read out at the Conference of Parties (CoP) Plenary session which said it was an “urgent duty to respond” to global warming. This can be termed as one of the main outcomes of the ongoing crucial summit on climate change.

“Our climate is warming at an alarming and unprecedented rate and we have an urgent duty to respond… we call for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, as a matter of urgent priority.

“We call for strong solidarity with those countries most vulnerable to the impact of climate change, and underscore the need to support efforts aimed to enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability,” the proclamation said.