The climate emergency is a “challenge of civilisation” requiring sweeping changes to economic systems, but political leaders have not done enough, the pope has said in a message to governments meeting at the annual climate summit in Madrid. Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world? The Chilean government is still the official host, and its environment minister, Carolina Schmidt, is the official Chilean president, in charge of the conference, appearing frequently flanked by Lorena Aguilar of the co-hosts Costa Rica, and the UN’s top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, of Mexico. Climate strike activists were planning a march through the centre of Madrid on Friday evening, coordinated with marches in other cities around the world. Behind the scenes, countries are wrangling over how to update their plans to cut or curb greenhouse gas emissions, set out under the 2015 Paris agreement.

Source: The Guardian December 05, 2019 16:02 UTC