Submitted by: Liberal International Bureau

Liberal International is alarmed at the evidence presented by the Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued on the 9th of August.

Noting that                                                   

• Global heating is affecting every region on Earth, with many of the changes becoming irreversible
• Human activity plays a role in driving extreme weather events with more accuracy and certainty than ever before
• Conserving and restoring nature is a powerful tool to remove carbon from our atmosphere, but it is not enough unless we also dramatically reduce our emissions

Expressing deep concern

• That the internationally agreed threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius is dangerously close
• At the lack of political will, adaptation and resilience finance, and urgency towards implementation of the Paris Agreement, especially delivering a carbon mechanism (Article 6)

Urging

• All international stakeholders to increase ambitions through their NDCs that recognise the urgency of the preliminary results of the IPCC report
• The UK Presidency to deliver an inclusive, safe and ambitious COP26 in light of the pandemic restrictions which includes binding, measurable outcomes