UN General Assembly
2021

Belize is committed to developing a long-term strategy aligned with achieving net-zero global emissions by 2050. We are doing our part, and we expect the developed countries and major emitters to do theirs. Indeed, ambitious commitments from the Group of 20 alone could keep us on a path to limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. The twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is our last best hope to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. We call for a ramping-up of collective ambition so that global emissions are reduced by 50 per cent by 2030. Developed countries and those in a position to do so must provide the financial, technical and capacity building support to enable us to fulfil those pledges. That includes meeting and exceeding the $100 billion pledge made in Copenhagen 12 years ago. Additional support must also be provided for the loss and damage being incurred through the extreme and slow-onset climatic events that we are already experiencing.