Countries are already preparing this year’s climate summit, COP28Taking place in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December, its main objectives will be to secure financing for poor countries to face climate change and strengthen their mechanisms to comply with emission limits set in the Paris 2015 Agreement. , There is a feeling that enough has not been done, and there are doubts that it can be done in time to reduce emissions. up to internationally recognized limits.
The European Union, China and Canada kicked off a two-day preparatory meeting this Thursday for COP28, an appointment where they will try to set the global target for COP28. Triple renewable capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030, as well as increase climate finance.
“We are in the middle of 2030 with Paris (2015) but we all know that We are nowhere near the goal we set for ourselves”, announced Sultan Al Jaber, the appointed chairman of COP28 to be held in Dubai at the end of the year, in his keynote speech.
Efe said, “We can and should take advantage of this opportunity to steer our economies towards a new sustainable economic development model with low carbon and high growth rates.”
poor countries yet
Prior to COP28, Al Jaber outlined a four-pillar roadmap for the global response to the climate crisis; the first focused on increasing renewable capacity and energy efficiency, as well as decarbonizing the energy sector. using “all available means, including nuclear, storage and CO2 capture and storage”.
Second, COP28 will seek to create conditions that will increase financial flows towards climate policy.
Al Jaber urged all countries to “fulfill their past commitments”. The promise to move $100 billion from the richest to the poorest countries has yet to be fulfilled. It urged states to double funding to combat climate change and adapt by 2025.
The promise to transfer $100 billion from the richest countries to the poorest countries has yet to be fulfilled.
Third, one argued “people-centered approach focusing on nature, food, health and resilience”With the primary goal of “preserving natural ecosystems, protecting the most vulnerable communities, and investing in practical solutions to save and improve lives”.
Al Jaber said that this would require attention to biodiversity and transforming the relationship with food from production in the primary sector to final consumption, and wanted countries to be included. “national plans for the transformation of the food system” when updating climate commitments.
As a fourth axis, the COP28 presidential candidate stressed the importance of ensuring and “inclusive” the climate challenge. Let the voices of “indigenous peoples, local communities, religious organizations and youth” be heard.
“Science is crystal clear. The latest IPCC report tells us we need to reduce emissions by 43% over the next 7 years to maintain the 1.5 degree target,” Al Jaber summed up.
Citizen “desperation”
At the entrance of the conference, which was attended by the Spanish Vice President Teresa Ribera, representing the Presidency of the European Council, the Vice President of the European Commission responsible for the Green Pact, Frans Timmemans.
“There is something we must avoid and We are very, very close, it is our citizens’ despair over the climate crisis.That’s why public forces have a responsibility to “provide solutions,” Timmermans said.
He wanted COP28 to serve the transition from “internal goals to global goals”, and supported the goal of tripling the distribution of renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency compared to the previous one by the end of the decade.
“Need substantial promotion of public sector financial institutions increase private sector mobilization to complement public funding,” he said.
Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change, hoped that COP28 would set the following goal: 2025 is the year when the “peak” of CO2 emissions is reachedaccelerate the reduction of the use of inefficient fossil fuels, particularly coal, and adopt “new financial commitments to support partners in the global south”.
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