Portugal
Speaking Points of His Excellency Mr. Paulo Lemos
Secretary of State for Environment
Republic of Portugal
Interactive Dialogue #4 – “Protecting our Planet and Combatting Climate Change”
STRUCTURE - Intervention in three points:
1. Climate change: a sustainable development challenge
2. Paris in the horizon: looking for global agreement
3. Portugal is preparing for the future: going for green growth
Good afternoon.
Greetings to the hosts and to all the participants on behalf of Portugal.
1. Climate change: a sustainable development challenge
From the policy perspective it’s clear that we need to rethink the development processes and to assume a more ambitious agenda focused on the long term.
The goal (13th) “taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts” assumes a set of underlying ideas:
o Immediate action is needed: today not tomorrow
o To build capacities – from passive to active resilience
o To promote awareness, education and communication
o Resources are need - more millions to invest
o But need more than that for being more effective
Society engagement
Innovation and even technological disruption
Political commitment
2. Paris in the horizon: looking for global agreement
COP Ambition - Securing an effective, ambitious, fair and legally binding 2015 Agreement is our key and mutual challenge - a challenge we must meet in order to address climate change and limit its impacts effectively, equitably and with a long-term perspective.
We have to adopt a single global, rules-based, legally binding agreement, preferably in the form of a new Protocol, applicable to all, according to common but differentiated responsibilities, in order to ensure the global temperature increase stays below 2° C.
This agreement should foster climate resilience as well as facilitate adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change.
Furthermore, it should also address the financial gap and to enhance a global carbon market, linking national, regional and sectorial cap-and-trade schemes.
This ambition at the international level is fully in line with our national vision and with the steps we are undertaking at home.
Secretary of State for Environment
Republic of Portugal
Interactive Dialogue #4 – “Protecting our Planet and Combatting Climate Change”
STRUCTURE - Intervention in three points:
1. Climate change: a sustainable development challenge
2. Paris in the horizon: looking for global agreement
3. Portugal is preparing for the future: going for green growth
Good afternoon.
Greetings to the hosts and to all the participants on behalf of Portugal.
1. Climate change: a sustainable development challenge
From the policy perspective it’s clear that we need to rethink the development processes and to assume a more ambitious agenda focused on the long term.
The goal (13th) “taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts” assumes a set of underlying ideas:
o Immediate action is needed: today not tomorrow
o To build capacities – from passive to active resilience
o To promote awareness, education and communication
o Resources are need - more millions to invest
o But need more than that for being more effective
Society engagement
Innovation and even technological disruption
Political commitment
2. Paris in the horizon: looking for global agreement
COP Ambition - Securing an effective, ambitious, fair and legally binding 2015 Agreement is our key and mutual challenge - a challenge we must meet in order to address climate change and limit its impacts effectively, equitably and with a long-term perspective.
We have to adopt a single global, rules-based, legally binding agreement, preferably in the form of a new Protocol, applicable to all, according to common but differentiated responsibilities, in order to ensure the global temperature increase stays below 2° C.
This agreement should foster climate resilience as well as facilitate adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change.
Furthermore, it should also address the financial gap and to enhance a global carbon market, linking national, regional and sectorial cap-and-trade schemes.
This ambition at the international level is fully in line with our national vision and with the steps we are undertaking at home.
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