He police 26 climate Negotiations have been agreed nation Strengthen its 2030 emission reduction target by the end of next year to limit dangerous warming.
Ministers and negotiators of the United Nations Summit Glasgow It also sent a signal to stay away from the dirtiest fuel in the world, trade Call for efforts to upgrade the unabated “gradual reduction” of coal and to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.
Under the impetus of India and China, the Glasgow Convention was watered down at the last minute, escalating from “phasing out” to “phasing out”, triggering angry reactions from Europe and fragile countries.
But this is the first time that fossil fuels are explicitly mentioned in the UN climate agreement.
Faced with the huge gap between the actions that countries are taking and the measures needed to achieve their goals, the agreement aims to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the “alive” or achievable pre-industrial level.
After the “Glasgow Convention” was finalized-24 hours after the meeting officially ended, there was a warning that the goal of 1.5C was to “sustain life.”
EU climate representative Frans Timmermans, who attended the summit, called it a “historic, historic decision.”
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called this result “a compromise, reflecting the interests, contradictions, and state of political will in the world today.
“This is an important step, but it’s not enough. It’s time to enter emergency mode. The climate battle is the battle of our lives, and this battle must be won.”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “The climate crisis is the biggest challenge facing our world. It is clear that we cannot delay any longer.
“Although I welcome any progress, this agreement simply cannot cope with the scale of the challenge.
“Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis should solve the urgent problems of loss and destruction. There is still much work to be done to maintain the hope of 1.5C.
“So, as leaders return home from Cop26, it is vital that countries that can help reverse the decline of the planet join us who are committed to providing our world with the best chance of survival.”
The agreement requires countries to re-examine and strengthen their national climate action targets for 2030, “when necessary, taking into account different national conditions to be consistent with the temperature targets of the Paris Agreement at the end of 2022.”
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 warn that keeping the temperature increase at 1.5C will 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.
Therefore, countries have been under pressure to reach an agreement in Glasgow, which will enable them to rapidly increase their emission reduction targets in the 2020s to prevent the 1.5C target from being out of reach, and to provide developing countries with funds to cope with the crisis.
The agreement provides financing measures for poorer and more vulnerable countries to achieve clean development, address climate impacts, and address the losses and damage they face due to climate-related storms, floods, droughts, and sea level rise.
The final agreement urges developed countries to at least double their collective climate funding by 2025 to help developing countries adapt to climate change, starting from 2019 levels.
It also reached agreement on key parts of the “Paris Rulebook”, including outstanding performance in the establishment of a carbon market since the climate treaty was reached in 2015.
In response to these decisions, Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, said: “This is very mild and weak. The 1.5C goal is just to live, but it has already signaled that the coal age is coming to an end. This is very important.”
Amanda Mukwashi, CEO of Christian Aid, said: “We were told that Cop26 is the last best chance to keep 1.5C alive, but it has been placed in the life support system.
“Wealthy countries have kicked the jar down, and with it comes the commitment of people on the front lines of this crisis to take urgent climate action.”
Earlier, Cop26 Chairman Alok Sharma said at the meeting that he understood the concerns of all parties, but warned against disrupting the current “delicate balance”.
He said: “A thin, fragile green thread is woven around this balanced package. And I do think that if any one of us pulls it, it will be easy to untie.”
