“The Paris Agreement is making real progress, but we must accelerate the pace in the Amazon,” the high-ranking official wrote on his LinkedIn profile, highlighting that the extreme weather events recorded in recent months are evidence of the growing impact of global warming.
Among these events, he mentioned Hurricane Melissa, which ravaged the Caribbean, the super typhoons that devastated Vietnam and the Philippines, and the tornado that recently struck southern Brazil, considered one of the most intense in the country’s history.
Stiell specified that the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), to be held in Belém from Monday to November 21, must achieve three fundamental outcomes to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal alive: limiting the increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
First, he stressed the need to send a clear signal to the world: that nations remain committed to climate cooperation and are prepared to agree on solid results on all key issues.
Second, he called for accelerating the implementation of green transition measures in all sectors of the economy, from energy and agriculture to industry and transportation.
And third, he highlighted the importance of connecting climate action with people’s real lives, so that its benefits translate into sustainable economic growth, decent jobs, less pollution, and improved public health.
