“Once this high-level week is over, I plan to launch a series of consultations with the scientific community, asking them to help us bring…knowledge from microscopes to microphones,” he said.
Noting that the International Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) has proven invaluable in supporting political decisions to combat the climate crisis, he recommended replicating its success in the areas of water, energy, food and biodiversity as “a universally accepted, empirical starting point for action”. However, advancements in science cooperation and climate diplomacy are on-hand solutions to tackle climate change, “but we have to want to put them in practice,” said the senior UN official. He described “heart-wrenching scenes of devastation,” as a possible “window into our future”. Kőrösi declared his solidarity with Pakistan, where devastating floods washed away hundreds of villages. Noting the debate’s theme, “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges,” Mr. He then elaborated on some positive developments, including a landmark agreement on commercial grain exports, diplomacy working to release fertilizers and UN nuclear inspectors preventing a possible catastrophe at one of Europe’s key nuclear sites. “Who would have imagined that war would return to Europe? That the nuclear threat would be back in political discourse to settle a dispute with a neighbour?”, the Assembly President asked, noting that 203 days after adopting a resolution condemning the military aggression against Ukraine, the bloodshed continues. Meanwhile, inflation is at 40-year highs as violence has left one-quarter of humanity caught in instability. “We live, it seems, in a permanent state of humanitarian emergency,” he said, pointing out that over 300 million people are in urgent need of aid and protection – a 10 per cent rise since January – and that climate change, COVID-19 and conflict have pushed global hunger to “alarming levels”. Kőrösi stated that climate change has triggered heatwaves, floods, and droughts while unsustainable consumption and production have left scars across our environment.
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