Indian Envoy at UN Tirumurti Hails UN Chief Remarks over Climate Change

India?s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Thirumurthy on Sunday supported UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres? statement for developed and developing countries.

The UN chief said in a tweet that developed economies must be serious about the money developing countries need to fight climate change.

?At the very least, they should stop paying lip service to the $100 billion-a-year promise, give clear timelines and deadlines, and be concrete about its delivery,? he added.

Earlier, the UN chief warned that ?half of humanity is in danger zones? facing floods, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires.

Addressing ministers from 40 countries in the city of Petersburg, Guterres said the 2015 Paris Agreement?s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was already on life support when it came out of COP26 last November and its ?pulse has weakened?.

?Nations continue to play the blame game instead of taking responsibility for our collective future,? he said.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that the UK?s chance of seeing temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius (40 ?C) or more in the current climate ?could be 10 times greater than if the natural climate were unaffected.? under human influence.?

This is the first time we have forecast 40?C in the UK. The current record high temperature in the UK is 38.7 ?C, which was reached at Cambridge Botanic Gardens on 25 July 2019.

?Climate change has already affected the likelihood of temperature extremes in the UK. The UK is 10 times more likely to see a 40?C day in the current climate than in a natural climate unaffected by human influence.? WMO said in a statement. (ANI)