At the COP26 BOGA launching ceremony, Dan Jørgensen, the Danish climate minister, emphasized that the launch is only the first step. It is urging other countries to join, and it is expected that new signatories will join in the next few days. He also talked about the need for a just transition to provide retraining for workers in the industry.
Oil and gas announcements followed A series of announcements At COP26 last week, coal power was targeted. These include at least 23 new countries that have pledged to phase out existing coal-fired power plants, including Vietnam and Poland, and they have also pledged not to build new coal-fired power plants.
Approximately 25 countries have signed an agreement to end international government funding for the ever-increasing fossil fuel energy by the end of 2022. Nearly 30 new countries have signed the Powering Past Coal Alliance, including Chile and Singapore, bringing the total number of members to 188 countries, including national governments and enterprises.
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analyze A report issued by the Center for Energy and Clean Air Research (CREA) on Friday found that the commitments made before and before COP26 had an “unprecedentedly large and direct” impact on coal-fired power generation. This includes more than 370 coal-fired power plants, generating 290GW in the near future, and 90 new coal-fired power projects (total 88GW) may be cancelled; another 130 new projects with a total of 165GW are being questioned.
Lauri Myllyvirta, chief analyst of CREA, pointed out that 95% of the world’s coal-fired power plants have achieved the carbon neutral goal. This goal cannot be achieved without shutting down almost all coal-fired power plants.
However, Abreu noted that some governments have signed these initiatives while continuing to invest millions of dollars in them. Coal power in your own country. A report A report released today by a group of non-governmental organizations including Stand.earth and Greenpeace pointed out that the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Norway, and Australia are all planning to approve and subsidize new fossil fuel projects, which weakens their recent efforts to resolve the issue. Leadership in the climate crisis.
The report found that despite the net zero goal and climate commitments, these five countries alone provided more than US$150 billion in public support for fossil fuel production and consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the pandemic recovery, this level of support for fossil fuel production surpassed the entire G7’s support for clean energy (US$147 billion).
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During COP26, the European Commission proposed a plan to subsidize new fossil natural gas pipelines, terminals and storage facilities, which may import more natural gas than Austria and Denmark combined. Global Witness analysis.
At the same time, youth activists on Friday called on governments to sign a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and joined a campaign that now includes more than 120 nationals from 25 countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pakistan as elected members, and More than 2000 scientists. , More than 700 civil society organizations and indigenous peoples.
By 2030, fossil fuel production must fall by about 50% to keep the global average temperature rise within 1.5C compared to the pre-industrial period. A report By the United Nations Environment Programme, and International Energy Agency It has been said that the expansion of fossil fuels is not in line with the goal.
The campaign is based on other global campaigns, including the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the Convention on Anti-Personnel Landmines, and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The protagonist believes.
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The treaty proposed by the activists will immediately end all new expansions of coal, oil, and natural gas production; fairly phase out existing fossil fuel production, and make a just transition for workers and communities that depend on the industry to diversify their economies. .
A letter The supporters of the treaty signed by young people from 20 countries complained that their participation in the climate conference has been tokenized, while the participation of fossil fuel interests has been supported.
At the COP26 “Future Friday” press conference, Brenner and Two Bears said: “Coal, oil and natural gas are weapons of mass destruction for this generation.
“We did this because of the deliberate ignorance of our leaders and their main concern for profit and economic growth. Young people not only inherited a burning, flooding, and melting planet, we are already living in it,” she says.
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Catherine Early is the chief reporter Ecologist And free environmental journalists.She is on twitter @Cat_Early76.
