‘Action of countries need to increase fivefold’

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Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. Picture: FT FILE

IF we are to have any hope of capping the global temperature at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above that of the pre-industrial age, actions of countries need to increase fivefold.

This was shared by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama as COP24 came to an end in Poland yesterday.

“We know that this ambition needs to increase fivefold, five times more action than at present, if we are to have any hope of capping the global temperature at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above that of the pre-industrial age,” Mr Bainimarama said.

“Our current NDCs will produce warming of at least 3 degrees by century’s end, which would be catastrophic for the whole world, and especially our island homes. So we have no choice collectively but to act.”

He said the world should be proud that Fiji was not just sitting in the middle of the Pacific looking to everyone else to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and pleading that we were too small to matter.

“We are determined to lead by example. Which is why Fiji and the Marshall Islands have become the first to commit to further reductions in our emissions, even though these are negligible in world terms.

“In the case of Fiji, our current emissions are 0.006 per cent of total global emissions. But that doesn’t mean we can’t do better through the initiative I am unveiling today (yesterday). Fiji’s Low Emission Development Strategies makes us the 11th nation to have submitted such a plan to the UN in line with Article 4 of the Paris Agreement.

“It involves an economy-wide assessment of emission sources to identify where we can make further cuts. And as I keep saying, if we can do it, so can every nation. All it requires is political will and I again appeal to every nation to rise to that challenge.”

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