The latest report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Climate Change) corroborates the severity of the current climate crisis. For this reason, at this COP26 we must not miss the opportunity to give the response that humanity waits for so long, said Pérez when he intervened this Wednesday at the summit sponsored by the United Nations.
The head of Citma pointed out that in the case of Cuba, science predicts an increase in air temperature of up to 4.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century, a reduction in rainfall of between 20 and 60 percent, and a 29-centimeter rise in mean sea level within 30 years.
In this regard, Pérez explained that the Cuban government designed a plan known as ´Tarea Vida´ to face and mitigate the impact of climate change, which in its first stage included the transfer of a group of human settlements located in areas that will be submerged in 2050.
Mangroves were also planted and restored, beaches were conserved and rehabilitated, and work was carried out on the education and participation of the population in the project, particularly young people.
According to the minister, it is expected that by 2023 the main agricultural chains of the Caribbean island will have adaptation plans in order to guarantee food security, while the phased use of electric vehicles is introduced, with plans to acquire 55 means of transportation of that type.
We are preparing to achieve a low-carbon development strategy, said Pérez, who clarified that all these tasks are being undertaken despite the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States government against Cuba for six decades.
In this sense, the head of the Cuban delegation at COP26 reiterated her country’s rejection of any measure that implies the exclusion or limitation for some nations of receiving international funds to implement their obligations with the Convention and the Paris Agreement on Change. Climate.
Our future is decided today, and it will depend on a new climate management and innovation system that involves all social and economic actors, with the purpose of consciously increasing the ambition in adaptation and mitigation to urgently achieve global goals, he added. Pérez, who reaffirmed Cuba’s commitment to maintaining South-South cooperation, and in particular with the island nations.
The COP26 in Glasgow will conclude this Friday, and is seen as the last chance the world has to stop global warming, reduce carbon emissions to zero and provide funds to help poor and vulnerable countries face and mitigate the impact of change. climate.
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