"Yes this is the second year without the US presence but there's greater representation from US subnationals and non-state actors, a very significant presence.
"And we have seen that despite positions that are taken at a federal level, there is still significant appetite in the US for the Paris agreement at a subnational level.
"And that will be reflected at a subnational level and certainly contributes to the overall tone of this year's COP. Now in this era of implementation, we will see expanding on the voluntary basis. Despite the politics of climate and despite the yawning gap between science and the action that is being taken."
"We are seeing levels of acceleration that we have not ever seen before. That acceleration needs further acceleration and that is what this COP is all about."
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Above speaker is
Simon Stiel who is UN climate change executive secretary, answering a question from The New York Times
Interesting:
Simon Emmanuel Kervin Stiell is a Grenadian politician, serving as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since August 2022.[1][2][3][4] and an engineer who studied for an MBA at the University of Westminster.[3] Prior to his political career, he worked in the technology sector for 14 years outside Grenada
In 2013, Stiell was appointed to the Senate of Grenada, as a member of the New National Party.[5]. In March 2018, he was appointed the country's environment and climate resilience minister. Stiell continued until June 2022, when his New National
Earlier he had said
They are meeting there this year
"to bring the benefits of climate action to more people in more places faster and much much fairer
"This COP is taking place amid very rough times And tough times.
"As climate driven destruction reps millions of lies and rips threads of gdp's around the world, as fossil fuel costs this year have sent the global economies on a wild ride letting loose the dogs of inflation-
No COP has a magic wand that can solve these multiple crises overnight.
Today's focus is electrification.
Today's nations now face a choice
Electric or shock.
Rewire the global economy For the electrical age or accept the cost of fossil fuels Fossil fuels pain for families, firms, and national budgets,
90% of large renewable projects are now cheaper than fossil fuel Fuel alternatives, according to irina, something unimaginable when the Paris agreement was struck at the 21st UN climate conference."
WATCH: LIVE: Day 2 of COP31 summit in Turkey's Antalya
Reuters Nov 10 COP31 host Turkey will urge countries to place a goal to expand the share of electricity in global energy use at the centre of the conference's final agreement despite criticism the plan could do little to cut emission
As we speak Another energy crisis is hitting households and businesses.The ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is driving up home fuel bills, Transport costs, and food prices
Once again we are faced with a clear fact.
Our dependence on imported fossil fuels leaves our economies exposed to disruptions beyond our control.
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[President Jimmy Carter was saying that back in 1976.]
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Our climate ambition Economic competitiveness and Energy security are inseparable. We must secure the supplies we need today before exposing ourselves to the next shock.
We are entering what the IAEA has called the age of electricity And our ambition in Europe is to become an electrical continent.
At 6.31.,31
How important electrification is to keep us from going past 1.5 C And the task is both ambitious and achievable It's ambitious because while 35 may not seem like a large number, it's a big lift But we do need a big lift in activity toTo achieve it We need to move four times faster transitioning to electricity to prevent going over 1.5 C
"There are some countries that are working at that speed to change, That's the good news."
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