{"id":248627,"date":"2022-11-15T06:14:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/?p=248627"},"modified":"2022-11-15T06:14:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:14:03","slug":"pga-remarks-at-cop27-resumed-session-of-the-high-level-plenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2022\/11\/15\/pga-remarks-at-cop27-resumed-session-of-the-high-level-plenary\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA remarks at COP27 resumed session of the high-level plenary"},"content":{"rendered":"
15 November 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n Excellencies,<\/span><\/p>\n Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/span><\/p>\n We were told many times that this is \u201cthe implementation COP\u201d. I\u2019m very glad.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This is the moment to bridge the gaps between pledges and their fulfilment.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pledges to reduce emissions, to improve adaptation measures, to repair loss and damage, and pledges to increase financing \u2013 all need to be put into action.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Plus, this is \u201cthe water COP\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Let me express my high appreciation to Egypt\u2019s COP Presidency for highlighting these critical ties between water and climate.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Excellencies,<\/span><\/p>\n The motto of the 77th session of the General Assembly is \u201cSolutions through solidarity, sustainability and science\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I firmly believe that our thinking, our initiatives and our actions must all be guided by science-based evidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Just a few weeks ago in New York, I held a stakeholder consultation attended by over 1,200 scientists, civil society organizations, youth representatives, and many others.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Out of these discussions emerged the so-called \u201cgame-changers\u201d which have the potential to transform current policies and sustainable development as a whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thanks to science, we have now the toolkit for turning our commitments into reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And we have now the path from this COP with the <\/span><\/span>±¬ÁÏÍø Water Conference in March, the Sendai Midterm Review, the SDG Summit in 2023, as well as the Summit of the Future in 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s ask ourselves. When this conference ends, will this glass be half full or half empty?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The glass will be full when we fulfil our pledges and use the solutions we already have.<\/span><\/p>\n At this COP, we have already two initiatives which are very important to fill this glass: the FAST initiative and AWARE initiative. <\/span><\/p>\n This glass will be full when we overcome procedure debates and can fully focus on how to address transformation to a water and climate safe development path. <\/span><\/p>\n So let it be a full glass.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Thank you<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 15 November 2022 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We were told many times that this is \u201cthe implementation COP\u201d. I\u2019m very glad.\u00a0 This is the moment to bridge the gaps between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[394,361,389,360],"class_list":["post-248627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statements","tag-climate-change","tag-cop27","tag-sustainable-development","tag-water","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n