World must act now to avoid climate catastrophe, UK's COP26 chief says
"Human activity is damaging our earth, is imperiling this brilliant jewel"
Clouds gather but produce no rain as cracks are seen in the dried up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
The world must act now to slow global warming otherwise there will be a climate catastrophe, COP26 President Alok Sharma said on Friday.
"Human activity is damaging our earth, is imperiling this brilliant jewel," Sharma said.
"And if we do not act now, the science tells us these effects will become more frequent and more brutal, that we will witness a scale of global catastrophe the likes of which the world has not seen."
