As the meeting continued into another day, negotiators have been working hard to finalize an agreement in the Cop26 negotiation.
The talks are expected to last until Saturday afternoon, and the new text containing the climate action agreement will be released in the morning, and countries will meet again later in the day.
The key issues focus on doubling funding to help poor countries adapt to climate change, as well as providing support for the losses and damage they face due to rising sea levels and more extreme weather.
For countries to reformulate stronger emission reduction plans next year to limit dangerous warming, and to promote the phasing out of “unabated coal and subsidies for inefficient fossil fuels” are all under debate.
The negotiators are trying to reach agreement on providing a viable carbon market and transparency so that the actions that countries are taking on emissions are obvious.
Boris Johnson According to the record of his call with the Prime Minister of Canada, he believes that at the 26th COP, “an ambitious result is in sight.” Justin Trudeau Friday night.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “They discussed the progress of the ongoing Cop26 negotiations. Glasgow And agree that an ambitious result is in sight. “
She said: “Leaders are committed to working together to help resolve outstanding issues in the negotiations, and to reach an agreement on Cop26 that applies to all countries.”
At the plenary meeting on Friday afternoon, countries expressed their views on the latest draft agreement available at the UN meeting announced earlier in the day.
Many developing countries call for more funding for clean development and adaptation to the changing climate in poorer countries, and support for loss and damage.
After the latest draft of the overall “coverage decision” available in the talks weakened the wording on accelerating the phase-out of coal and fossil fuel subsidies, a series of countries called for stronger actions to phase out fossil fuels.
And there are warnings that limit the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, beyond which the most serious impact of climate change will be felt. This is a “life and death issue.”
In the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries pledged to limit the temperature rise to “far below” 2 degrees Celsius and tried to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the most dangerous events such as storms, droughts, crop failures, floods, and diseases. Influence.
scientists It warned that raising the temperature to 1.5C would require reducing global emissions by 45% by 2030 and reducing total emissions to zero by the middle of this century.
However, although countries are required to update their action plans (known as Nationally Determined Contributions) to achieve emissions reductions by 2030 on the eve of the Glasgow Conference, the latest commitments have kept the world away from achieving the goals.
As a result, countries are under pressure to reach an agreement in Glasgow that will allow them to rapidly increase their emission reduction targets in the 2020s to prevent the 1.5C target from being out of reach — and provide funding for developing countries to deal with the crisis.
At the national meeting on Friday, Chairman Cop26 Alok Sharma Urge the negotiators to finally inject the spirit of daring to do it and realize the lofty ambitions set by the world leaders at the beginning of the summit.
