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At UN, Boris Johnson highlights PM Imran Khan’s 10 billion trees project

Says it is now or never for world to meet goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C

APP September 23, 2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a thumb up after addressing the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2021. REUTERS

UNITED NATIONS:

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for following the example of his Pakistani counterpart, Imran Khan, to plant 10 billion trees, as he told world leaders at the United Nations that humanity has to "grow up" and tackle climate change.

PM @BorisJohnson calls on world to follow example of @ImranKhanPTI kamyabi against climate change#10BillionTreeTsunami #EkSaathAgainstClimateChange #COP26 @aminattock
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— Christian Turner (@CTurnerFCDO) September 23, 2021

In a speech to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, he said it was now or never for the world to meet its goal of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Prime Minister Johnson is due to host a major United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, in six weeks’ time. He is using his trip to the UN Headquarters in New York to press governments for tougher emissions-cutting targets and more money to help poor countries clean up their economies.

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Amid the metaphors, the British leader made a series of calls for action to the UN member states, including:

to restrain the rise in temperature to 1.5 degrees
to pledge collectively to achieve carbon neutrality – net zero – by the middle of the century
all countries to step up and commit to very substantial carbon reductions by 2030, in particular with coal, cars, cash and trees
the developing world to end the use of coal power by 2040 and the developed world to do so by 2030
China to phase out the domestic use of coal
only zero-emission vehicles to be on sale across the world by 2040
every country to cut carbon by 68%
to halt and reverse the loss of trees and biodiversity by 2030
all nations to follow the example of Prime Minister Imran Khan to plant 10 billion trees
and governments to work with financial institutions – the IMF and the World Bank – to leverage trillions of dollars in the private sector.

Johnson concluded his speech with a plea for world leaders to do right by the next generations.

COMMENTS (2)

Rizwan Ahmed Sheikh | 3 years ago | Reply Thank you PM of UK for appreciating IK on his tree Plantation project..IK.thinks of a better Pakistan for next generations unlike previous leaders in laat 7 decades . zindabad

Ghazala Shah | 3 years ago | Reply How many of the IK s billion trees are available on ground to be seen Is anyone counting how many fully grown native trees in fact forests are being removed cut under one or the other pretext currently..

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