{"id":37410,"date":"2018-11-22T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T12:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=37410"},"modified":"2018-11-23T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T08:36:44","slug":"a-virtual-climate-summit-to-cut-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-virtual-climate-summit-to-cut-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"A virtual climate summit to cut carbon footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/search?q=A+virtual+climate+summit+to+cut+carbon+footprint&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN807IN807&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiZn7rltOfeAhUJs48KHSnzA7kQ_AUIDigB&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=876\">A virtual climate summit to cut carbon footprint<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>World leaders will participate in an innovative climate change summit that will take place entirely online so it is carbon neutral.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>About the summit:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The event will be the first global political meeting to be held online.<\/li>\n<li>It will consist of a rolling, 24-hour livestream that will begin in the Marshalls\u2019 capital Majuro, then include addresses from leaders and panel discussions before delivering a declaration.<\/li>\n<li>The Virtual Climate Summit is the brainchild of Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, whose low-lying Pacific island nation will drown beneath rising seas if global warming continues unabated.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s main aim is to encourage the international community to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The cutting-edge setup was designed to show that even small nations such as the Marshalls could make a big difference on the world stage using creative, climate-friendly solutions.<\/li>\n<li>The online summit as an example of the innovative thinking needed to combat climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The eco-friendly event stands in stark contrast to many other international political summits, which involve thousands of delegates jetting across the world to a venue where they stay in air-conditioned comfort.<\/li>\n<li>The organisers of the<strong> UN\u2019s COP21<\/strong> talks in Paris in 2015 estimated it generated 43,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, although much of this was later offset through carbon-credit schemes.<\/li>\n<li>A UN report warned recently that the threshold could be reached as early as 2030 unless there was unprecedented global action to rein in emissions.<\/li>\n<li>17 of the 18 hottest years on record had occurred since 2001 and that the cost of climate-related disasters in 2017 topped $500 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bluebox\">\n<p><b>About Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF):<\/b> The CVF is an international partnership of countries highly vulnerable to a warming planet. The Forum serves as a South-South cooperation platform for participating governments to act together to deal with global climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A virtual climate summit to cut carbon footprint News: World leaders will participate in an innovative climate change summit that will take place entirely online so it is carbon neutral. Important Facts: About the summit: The event will be the first global political meeting to be held online. 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