many scientists say that emissions must peak within the decade given that climate change and its adverse effects are driven by the cumulative buildup of greenhouse gases that remain in the atmosphere for many years and in the case of c for centuries the challenge now is to scale up ambition and to immediately accelerate the transformation towards lowemission climateresilient sustainable development that supports the health and wellbeing of all people and of our planet as the secretarygeneral has often stated we cannot achieve the agenda and the sustainable development goals without reducing the risks of climate change to make lasting progress in eliminating poverty reducing hunger and achieving all the other sdgs we must radically decarbonize our economies to protect the earths climate and ecosystems that are essential to our survival