G20: International platform of foundations and philanthropy calls upon the G20 Heads to increase actions on climate change and future resilience
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New Delhi, June 8th: The Foundations Platform F20 encompassing more than 80 foundations mainly from the G20 countries today calls upon the G20 Heads of State to take more action on climate protection and on the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As decribed in the list of recommendations published today in Delhi, “climate change impacts are escalating and the G20 countries are in the driver’s seat on a road towards either a planet unliveable for human beings or a future-oriented scenario that keeps average temperature increase below the dangerous benchmark of 1.5°C”. The G20 (and the G7 as subgroup of the G20) should throw its political and economic weight behind those developments that seek to stop the burning of fossil resources, replace it with renewable sources, increase efforts to protect and restore nature and establish sustainable and affordable food systems, according to F20.
At this year’s flagship event of the Foundations Platform F20 in Delhi, the international climate network of over 80 foundations, called the G20 Heads of State to take climate action in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
At the F20 Climate Solutions Forum, a concrete list of recommendations to the G20 Heads of State was presented, advocating for joint and ambitious action to deliver on intersectional climate action in the spirit of leaving no one behind.
Please find the press release attached.
F20 Head Office
at the Environmental Foundation Michael Otto Glockengießerwall 26 20095 Hamburg Germany Website: www.foundations-20.org
Twitter: @f20platform