A historic agreement. An unprecedented deal. The first commitment in history to launch a unanimous call fair and accelerated “transition” leave behind fossil fuels trigger climate chaos. Despite everything, Dubai climate summit succeeded in advancing an agreement for the first time It is clearly stated that oil, gas and coal must be left behinddrastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and do everything possible to do so.Simulating global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees. “We promised a historic agreement and we achieved it,” said Sultan Al Jaber, chairman of the meeting, to applause from representatives of nearly two hundred countries that signed the final agreement.
Ratification of the Dubai pact It was almost a surprise. Earlier this Wednesday, after countless nights of time-tested negotiations, the presidency of the United Arab Emirates published the new draft of the agreements much more “ambitious” than its predecessor. Shortly after Al Jaber called for a general assembly meeting with all countries to discuss the text. And right there on the podium, he asked the parties to vote on his proposed draft.
In the corridors of Dubai, everyone expected this gesture to start a dialectical struggle, but in the end, despite all the difficulties, the general assembly unanimously decided to move forward without any changes to the text. And this is it It led to wide applause in the hall..
The text includes the goal of “reaching net zero by 2050” by adapting to the different conditions of each country
Dubai pact Contains an unprecedented range of messages. The most important of these concerns the future of fossil fuels. The text includes the goal of achieving a “rapid and fair” transition away from fossil fuels, “taking action in this critical decade” and “achieving net zero by 2050” as science requires. At the same time, he is aware that this call is not universal. must be adapted to the different conditions of each country. The last text manages to sneak in among all these messages without explicitly mentioning the most controversial conceptsIt’s like a call to “phase out” fossil energy, but reflects the same philosophy.
“Clear message”
The hasty approval of the text, which emerged one day after the official ‘deadline’ of the summit, also led to criticism. Especially from global south countries. For example, Samoa’s spokesman said, condemned that the text “does not adequately reflect” scientific instruction To limit global warming. Bolivia for its part regretted the lack of clearer messages halting the advance of global warming and helping the major victims of global chaos to cope with the losses and damages caused by extreme climatic conditions. Bangladesh laments the lack of a clearer agreement to help countries in the global south adapt to deal with extreme weather conditions.
“The era of fossil fuels is not over in Dubai, but we are at the beginning of the end”
There are many people talking about Date of this year’s climate summit. And not just because of the text approved this Wednesday. Also for the decision on the first day of the meeting, in which countries approved the creation of a fund for countries most vulnerable to climate chaos. This initiative has already mobilized more than $600 million And although this figure is far from what is needed to solve the problem, its mere announcement also represents a turning point in the face of a historic demand from the global south. The presidency of this summit estimates that this meeting mobilized more than $80 billion in total. measures against the climate crisisBut even in this case, there are still many gaps to be cleared.