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More than 100 world leaders met in Scotland this week for theCOP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, to discuss nature conservation and ways to curb the effects of climate change.
On Tuesday, U.S. PresidentJoe Bidenannounced his administration would introduce new regulations to mitigate methane emissions from oil and gas drilling,NBC Newsreported.
“This isn’t just something we have to do to protect the environment and future,” Biden said during the summit. “It’s an enormous opportunity for all of us, all of our nations, to create jobs and make many climate goals a core part of recovery as well.”
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Amazon founderJeff Bezos, the world’s second-richest person, spoke at the conference on Tuesday and pledged $2 billion to go toward nature conservation and restructuring food systems.
Bezos, also the founder of the aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin, recently visited the edge of space aboard one of his ships. He alluded to the flight during his remarks at the summit.
“I was told that seeing the Earth from space changes the lens through which you view the world,” Bezos said. “But I was not prepared for just how much that was true.”
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“In too many parts of the world, nature is already flipping from carbon sink to a carbon source,” he added.
In early 2020, Bezos pledged $10 billion to fight climate change through hisBezos Earth Fund, which he said will provide money to scientists and organizations who are working to save the planet from the effects of rising temperatures.
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In a taped address,Queen Elizabethof the United Kingdom expressed hope that the conference could save countless lives in the future.
“For more than 70 years, I have been lucky to meet and to know many of the world’s great leaders,” she said.
“I, for one, hope that this conference will be one of those rare occasions where everyone will have the chance to rise above the politics of the moment, and achieve true statesmanship,” she added. “It is the hope of many that the legacy of this summit — written in history books yet to be printed — will describe you as the leaders who did not pass up the opportunity; and that you answered the call of those future generations.”
source: people.com
