Sustainable & Green Planet
Track 1 | Sustainable & Green Planet called for holistic policies, recognising the complex interde- pendencies between climate change as a leading cause for biodiversity loss as well as an additional driver to it. Hence, enhanced protection of biodi- versity both on land and at sea, through ambitious global standards and management practices, the empowerment of Indigenous, co-creation with local communities and regenerative agricultural practices, have been addressed and thoroughly debated by Delegates. In view to achieving `no pollution by 2050´, most polluting activities, including industrial emissions, wastewater, and waste, are recognised as pivotal levers to reduce environmental damage. Central to any climate mitigation and adaption measures , Track 1 placed a focus on the dissonance in G7 policies between the level of ambition and willingness to take on concrete climate action and the degree of action that is in fact needed to effec- tively address climate change. Given their potential influence as well as their high share in emission, the G7 are called upon to take responsibility to enact global commitments to the 1.5°C warming limit, to make no further investment in fossil fuel projects, to strengthen adaption of infrastructures and the built environment and to fully commit to a green and transformative transition.
Convinced that the G7 must play a pivotal and leading role in sustainable development, Track 1 also addressed its potential to further global climate cooperation and to seek open part- nerships to lead the way in the green transition. The recommendations introduce concrete mecha- nisms to secure climate justice, through a carbon price floor with differentiated prices, placing the onus carbon-emitters, public funding for climate change mitigation by countries most affected and a transition towards a regenerative economic model respecting planetary boundaries (“Doughnut Economics”). The liveability of the planet that we inherit shall be determined by the decisions you, the G7 Leaders, take and the commitments you implement now.
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