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Title	Opening Remarks by Mr James George at the 2024 Hydrogen Energy Competition on “Specialty + Sophistication + Uniqueness + Novelty”
Date	JUNE 18, 2024
Link	https://www.undp.org/china/speeches/opening-remarks-mr-james-george-2024-hydrogen-energy-competition-specialty-sophistication-uniqueness-novelty

UNDP에서 Deputy Resident Representative 를 맡고 계신 James George가 하신 연설로 기후변화 전반에 대해 말씀하십니다. 

Goal 7, 13 등이 나오는데 SDGs 에 포함된 목표들로 목표 7,13 이라고 하시면 됩니다. 

*글로서리 없음.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
 
My remarks this morning is both of concern and optimism.
 
Let me begin by stating it clearly - our world is headed to a climate catastrophe.
 
As all of you are aware, in 2015, the global community came together at the United Nations to adopt the most ambitious global development blueprint ever conceived - for people and planet - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
 
Since then, so much has taken place.
 
While we have made some progress globally, with six years to go, the overall global trajectory is critically off track.
Let me illustrate this concern from one dimension – our living environment.
 
2023 was the warmest year on record, with the temperature already at about 1.45 °C above the pre-industrial average.
 
We have felt the impact of this in China and seen its devastating socio-economic impact and erasing decades of hard-earned development gains across our Asia-Pacific region.
 
There is one indisputable fact to this predicament – energy is at the heart of the climate change and one of the keys to the solution.
 
The science is clear: to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, emissions need to be reduced by almost half by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050.
 
To achieve this, we need to end our reliance on fossil fuels and invest in alternative sources of energy that are clean, accessible, affordable, sustainable, and reliable.
 
Sadly, in our Asia-Pacific region, progress on energy-related SDGs has been slow, and even worse, for some targets, progress has been negative.
 
For Goal 7: affordable and clean energy, only access to electricity is showing significant progress.
 
The renewable energy share target has recorded a regression, as has Goal 13, which focuses on Climate Action.
 
It is very clear that without transformative and bold actions, over 3 billion lives globally will be at risk.

Ladies and gentlemen,
 
That is not to say that critical progress has not been made.
 
Let me now share my message of optimism and my hope for consideration of the audience here in this room.
 
Chinese investment in clean energy rose to approximately 890 billion dollars, accounting for about half of the global total spending.
 
Over 800 major Chinese companies have set ambitious targets to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
 
This is a good start and we welcome the increased and continued participation of state owned enterprises and the private sector to be the market leaders and set the pace and standards of the transition to renewable energy and low carbon development pathways.
 
However, much more needs to be done and many opportunities, remain untapped.
 
Let me now focus this morning on the hydrogen industry.
 
As all of us are aware, hydrogen has a critical role in achieving the global agenda of net zero and especially in the hard to abate industries.
 
It has the potential to contribute significantly in the decarbonisation of economies, supporting just transition and sustainable economic growth  and support countries meet the global climate objectives in alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
 
The United Nations project that renewable and low carbon hydrogen can help abate between 60 and 80 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2050.

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