Page 84 - FerMUN 2020 - Futurecasters Global Young Visionaries Summit, 8th-10th January 2020

FORUM: United Nations Environment Programme
ISSUE: Defining the role of artificial intelligence in predicting, mitigating and adapting to the
impacts of climate change
MAIN SUBMITTER: Switzerland
CO-SUBMITTERS: Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Google, Norway, South Korea, Spain,
Sweden, United Kingdom, WWF

The
United Nations Environment Programme committee,

Recognising that climate change is a concern for countries around the world and that it is

harmful and affects everyone,

Considering the Sustainable Development Objectives (SDOs) n°7, 9, 11, 14 and 15 which

highlight the goals of: "Clean and Affordable Energy, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure,
Sustainable Cities and Communities, Aquatic Life, and Terrestrial Life,

Recalling Article 2.1.a of the Paris Agreement which states the importance of “Containing the

rise in global average temperature well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and continuing
efforts to limit the rise in temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels on the understanding
that this would significantly reduce the risks and effects of climate change”,

Bearing in mind Article 4.1 of the Paris Agreement, which states that “With a view to achieving
the long-term temperature objective set forth in Article 2, the Parties shall aim to achieve the

global cap on greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, with the understanding that the
cap will take longer for developing country Parties, and to achieve reductions expeditiously
thereafter in accordance with the best available science so as to achieve a balance between

anthropogenic emissions by sources and anthropogenic removals by sinks of greenhouse
gases in the second half of the century, on the basis of equity, and in the context of sustainable
development and the fight against poverty”,

Taking into account Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement which announces that a mechanism
should be established to contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and to
promote sustainable development, under the authority of the Conference of the Parties,

whose purpose is to promote the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions while fostering
sustainable development,

Further taking into account Article 7.7 of the Paris Agreement which states that “Member

Parties should intensify their cooperation with a view to enhancing action on adaptation”,

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