Sandbags are used to prevent high tides caused by Maha tropical cyclone in Chellnam village, south of India, November, 2019. (Photo: VNA) |
He decried the "utterly inadequate" efforts of the world's major economies to curb carbon pollution.
According to a UN Environment Program (UNEP) report published last week, unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6% each year in the next decade, the world will miss the opportunity to get on track towards the 1.5°C temperature increase goal set by the Paris Agreement.