Multi national media published a "unified editorial" calling for addressing climate change
2022-02-15

On December 7, in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, Rajendra Pachauri (left), chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate change, DeBoer (middle), executive secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change, and Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen attended the opening ceremony. Xinhua News Agency / Reuters

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, which opened on the 7th, has attracted extensive attention from the world media. Among them, the most striking is that 56 newspapers in 45 countries or regions around the world published the same editorial on the 7th, warning of the huge impact of climate change on the earth and human survival, and urging all parties to take action. It is reported that the "unified editorial action" was prepared by multi-national media editors more than a month before the climate conference and collectively wrote this editorial. Editorials are published in 20 languages, including English, Chinese and Arabic, and many newspapers also publish them on the front page.

The editorial pointed out that the reason for taking "unified editorial action" is that mankind is facing a "severe moment". The fact of climate change is clear. The issue discussed in scientific journals is no longer whether mankind is responsible for climate change, but that we have little time left to reduce this harm.

"However, the response of the international community so far lacks enthusiasm and weakness," the editorial said. "Unless we act together and decisively, climate change will destroy the earth and endanger human property and security".

"The guardian" and "the United Kingdom daily", including the Danish newspaper "United Republic", the United Kingdom's "United Daily", including the United Kingdom's "United Republic" and other "United Daily".

In addition to the "unified editorial action", a number of media around the world have also recently expressed their views.

The associated press commented that the organizers of the climate change conference warned that this is the best and last chance to save the world. Analysts believe that the key to the success of the conference lies in finding a channel to enable public and private funds to flow smoothly to poor countries and help poor governments reduce the impact of climate change on their own development.

According to an article published in Russia's viewpoint newspaper, some Russian experts and scholars hope that the participants can reach an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to deal with climate change. Andrei fajiashen, a political commentator of the RIA Novosti news agency, said that although the Copenhagen conference is highly expected, it may not achieve any practical results or solve all the problems existing in the field of climate change. He pointed out that to avoid the "sick" Earth from changing to the direction of "fever outbreak", we can't just count on one meeting.

Brazilian media say Brazilians are keen to participate in the Copenhagen conference. It is reported that there are more than 700 participants in the meeting, of which 120 are representatives of the government and parliament, and the remaining 500 are representatives of civil society groups who voluntarily participate at their own expense. Brazil is looking forward to the upcoming Copenhagen conference.

The article on the website of Hindustan Times said that the meeting will not be smooth. Observers pointed out that the biggest obstacle of the summit is the huge differences between developing and developed countries in undertaking greenhouse gas emission reduction and financial assistance. (Jiefang Daily)