Schoof in Speech at Climate Summit: 'No Grand Plans, but Concrete Action Needed'

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Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius won't be easy, but the world must confront all the challenges that stand in its way. That is the message of caretaker Prime Minister Schoof, who spoke today along with numerous other leaders and prominent figures in Belém, Brazil, where the annual climate summit officially begins next week. "There is no doubt that we must accelerate our pace." Schoof was responding to the report released yesterday b…

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Caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof should take to heart his words on Thursday in Brazil about "concrete action" for the climate, Greenpeace believes. "Prime Minister Schoof made a clear call for concrete action and acceleration in his speech in Belém to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Yet, Schoof should be ashamed of his own anti-climate policies," said Maarten de Zeeuw of the organization.