BAKU — Global leaders offered competing views on how to tackle climate change at United Nations-led talks on Wednesday as a new report warned that the world must reach carbon neutrality much sooner than planned.
Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose to a new record high this year, according to preliminary research from an international network of scientists at the Global Carbon Project.The report came as leaders gathered in Azerbaijan for the 29th UN Climate Change Conference aimed at reaching a deal on boosting funding to help poorer nations adapt to climate shocks and transition to cleaner energy.
'Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for a 'smart' Green Deal, the European Union's ambitious climate plan which aims to make the bloc carbon-neutral by 2050.'We cannot drive ourselves into industrial oblivion,' the conservative leader said.'We need to ask hard questions about a path that goes very fast, at the expense of our competitiveness, and a path that goes somewhat slower, but allows our industry to adapt and to thrive,' he added.
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