United Nations, Jul 13 (UNI) Citing climate change as being caused by 'emissions accumulated throughout history', the head of China’s Xiamen Airlines told the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York that heavy carbon dioxide emitters should 'take on greater responsibility' to ameliorate the problem.
“As a representative of the aviation industry, we believe that it is very important to advance the ‘climate action’ of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and implement the Paris Agreement”, Zhao Dong said at Friday’s Discussion on SDG 13, climate action, citing that as the reason why two years ago he signed an agreement with the UN to make Xiamen “the first airlines in the world to support the SDGs”.
With the adoption of the historic 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, world leaders agreed on an action blueprint to promote well-being and dignity for all on a healthy planet.