COLOMBO (News 1st) – President Wickremesinghe says that the world is still no closer to the implementation of a universal action plan to combat climate change.
issued a statement President Wickremesinghe yesterday (29) issued a statement after participating in the COP 27 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt earlier this month.The President was critical of the countries that were historically accountable for the greatest damage and who are capable of meaningful contributions but who have stymied the furtherance of climate action.Following is the statement issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe“For 27 years, world leaders have been meeting under the COP framework to confront the greatest threat to the future of humanity – climate change.
Yet, we are no closer to the implementation of a universal and collaborative plan of climate action as mandated by the COP process.
Once again, the agreements reached by COP27 failed to place the nations of the world on a complementary and progressive course of redress.