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The industrialized world must acknowledge its responsibility to deliver on the climate crisis \u201cand we must listen to those affected the most by climate-induced damages,\u201d Foreign Minister Kofod said in his early evening address to the UN General Assembly\u2019s annual high-level debate.<\/p>\n
While the most pressing challenges of our time are being felt and even exacerbated all over the planet, particularly as climate-induced disasters impact food supplies and increase inequalities, \u201cthere is no doubt that they are being most strongly felt by the poorest and most vulnerable among us,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeveloping countries are hardest and most unjustly hit,\u201d continued Mr. Kofod, pointing to the lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, \u201cwhich is still inflicting human and economic wounds in societies of the global South, and calling for more concerted action to address \u201cboth the problems at hand and the fundamental imbalances in the world we share, and we must do it now.\u201d<\/p>\n
The future hinges on solidarity<\/h2>\n
\u201cNone of us can steer through pandemics or counter the climate crisis alone. Nor should we. It should be clear that the future we share depends on solidarity and overcoming the fault lines that increasingly drive us apart,\u201d he said, so, solidarity is an investment in prosperity, security and peace for all.<\/p>\n
Noting that Denmark was one of the few Member States to live up to the UN-defined target of 0.7 per cent of its GDP for official development assistance (ODA) [which specifically targets support to the economic development and welfare of developing countries], he said another focus of such efforts should be to ensure \u201cclimate solidarity\u201d.<\/p>\n
Indeed, even as Demark has worked to reduce its own footprint, Foreign Minister Kofod said his country had undertaken major global commitments on climate adaptation and climate financing, including by scaling up grant-based finance to some $500 million a year by 2023, 60 per cent of which would be dedicated to adaptation in poor and vulnerable countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a small country like Demark can do this, the G20 also can,\u201d he said urging other countries to follow suit. Also citing the need to \u201cstep up and listen to those impacted by climate induced damages,\u201d he said that just this week, Denmark had followed up with several new initiatives for the world\u2019s hardest-hit and poorest countries, referring to his Government\u2019s pledge to pay for \u201closs and damage\u201d in other countries affected by increasing cases of extreme weather events.<\/p>\n
Reject \u2018might makes right disorder\u2019<\/h2>\n
On wider global affairs, he said that while listening to the speeches that had been made thus far this week, it was clear that the UN Charter continues to inspire and fill us with hope for a better future.<\/p>\n
Yet the world was in crisis in the wake of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine some six months ago. Despite Russia\u2019s \u201cvicious military onslaught…the bravery of the Ukrainian people in the face of brutality has been truly awe-inspiring,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
All this week, Member States had made their views known \u2013 from fears of this being the start of a new Cod War to despair over food shortages and price spikes in fuel. But in all this…let\u2019s be clear: these consequences are due to Russia\u2019s aggression, not international sanctions,\u201d Foreign Minister Kofod said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Putin\u2019s blatant imperial ambitions and horrifying allusions to the use of nuclear weapons are unprecedented threats against not only Europe, but international peace and security, and we are extremely concerned,\u201d he said, rallying Member States to stand up for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe appeal to all Member States to stand firmly on the side of the UN Charter and fight back against an \u2018international disorder\u2019 where might makes right,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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