Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said that developed and major economic countries should now set ambitious and clear climate change mitigation targets ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties 26 (COP26). Lyonchhen said COP26 should deliberate on climate finance based on the science and needs of developing countries. The Prime Minister shared this yesterday in the leaders’ Summit on climate change upon the invitation of the President of the USA, Joe Biden.
“Even with our efforts, we remain highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. We face increasing threats from extreme climate events such as flash floods, glacial lake outbursts, windstorms, forest fires and landslides. I can not understand this irony of contributing a lot to environment preservation, yet, having to suffer so much. We urge all countries, particularly the major emitters to set more ambitious targets well ahead of the UN COP26. At the same time, COP26 should begin deliberations on a new finance goal. This should be based on science and the needs of developing countries. We would now like to see major economies providing leadership for some real-time action on the ground.”
Tshering Dhendup
