Cecilia López, Petro’s former Minister of Agriculture, “pulled out a nail” with developed countries

The declarations of the former Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia López, are once again in the news. The Colombian economist and politician made very clear at the summit of the French Economists’ Circle (Le Cercle Des Economistes) the leading role of the so-called developed countries in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as opposed to “developing” countries such as Colombia and Senegal.

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This afternoon, Cecilia Lopez wrote on her Twitter account, “Yesterday I had the pleasure of pulling out a nail that I held for the developed countries and the discourse on climate change🤫🤫”.

Ayer tuve el placer de sacarme un clavito que le tenía guardado a los países desarrollados y al discurso sobre cambio climático🤫🤫 pic.twitter.com/8Vugqbu76H

— Cecilia Lopez Montaño (@CeciliaLopezM) July 10, 2023

“The discourse of developing countries should be different. Why don’t we ask rich countries to reduce emissions by a certain percentage? Why don’t we do that?” said President Petro’s former Minister of Agriculture when referring to the mitigation that the countries of the world should do to face global warming.

Furthermore, López’s speech showed empathy with that of her colleague from Senegal: “I agree with you, my colleague from Senegal, because that is not the speech that we, the developing countries, should have”, said the former Minister of Agriculture.

She added, “The critical thing is that President Petro, the president of Colombia, went to Paris and had the same discourse as President Macron [of France], exactly the same discourse: ‘The world is going to end because we are not controlling emissions,’” Cecilia López said from Aix-en-Provence, in the South of France.

For this reason, she invited the African continent and Latin America “to change the discourse”.

The critical statements of the economist and former Minister of Agriculture arise from the living conditions of Colombians: “Our reality in Colombia, in developing countries, is the people. We need to reduce poverty and inequality, otherwise we will not have sustainable development. So, this is something I think we should be very critical about”.

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The participation of the former Minister of Agriculture in the Economists’ Summit 2023

The 23rd edition of the Summit The circle of economists (Le Cercle des économistes) began last Friday, July 7, to continue with the objective that was set out since its creation, that of promoting a critical debate on the economy and the needs of the countries of the world.

On this occasion, nearly 350 world leaders gathered in the French city of Aix-en-Provence, located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southern France.

The participation of the former Colombian Minister of Agriculture in the summit of French economists is due to the invitation she received to speak about the difficulties and challenges that sustainable development represents for the countries of Latin America, as well as to refer to the cost that these initiatives, of a global nature, represent for the region.

There, international leaders were able to participate in the thesis argued by the former Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia López, who, in addition, was very emphatic in warning that the agenda on sustainable development, signed by several countries in 2016, will not be achieved within the timeframe outlined.

“The world will not be able to achieve that sustainable development agenda by 2030”, said Lopez, who explained that the governments of the countries are not being realistic and are not recognizing the barriers that exist for the achievement of the global goals, which is why she invited that the initiatives that are moving towards sustainable development must be implemented in a different way compared to what has been done so far.

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