Article of Prof. Koundouri (in Greek) “Outcomes and messages from COP26” at K-report

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"The conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP, is a very important event both for the leaders of the countries and for the heads of large private organisations, as its purpose is to contribute to the mobilisation of global efforts and to set the international framework for action against global average temperature increase. Science is clear that warming above +1.5ο C puts millions of people at risk from life-threatening heatwaves, floods and poverty. In addition, it threatens the extinction of coral reefs on which entire ecosystems worldwide rely. Sea levels are rising, resulting in more and more cities sinking. And that's just the beginning. To avoid these consequences, we must achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

At the 26th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change of the United Nations (COP26), which took place between 1-12 November in Glasgow, Scotland, I participated as President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the largest scientific association in the world dealing with the interaction of nature and climate-economy-society. The main objective of COP26 was to agree on state greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to ensure climate neutrality by 2050. What have we achieved?"

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