“The fact that the whole world, with the exception of the United States, remains very committed to the Paris Agreement is good news”

For this Microneia archipelago (Oceania), the climate struggle is nothing less than a matter of survival. In an interview with MoundDiplomat Ilana Seid, ambassador of the Palaos in the United Nations, makes the balance of the UN climate summit on Wednesday 24 September. The person who also presents the Aosis Climate Negotiation Group, who brings together 39 small development islands, calls on the European Union to resume leadership on the decrease in the fall in the greenhouse rooms.

Which assessment do you draw from the climate summit organized at the UN?

We expected an insufficient result and our concerns were justified. The UN will undoubtedly confirm that the contributions are determined at national level [les plans climat, NDC en anglais] Are unable to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C. But the fact that the whole world, with the exception of the United States, remains very committed to the Paris Agreement, is good news in the current geopolitical context. We must also be happy that large economies have announced their NDC.

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