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Cop30 Falls Short As Nations Dodge Fossil Fuel Commitments

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cop30 falls short as nations dodge fossil fuel commitments

The United Nations' 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) stuttered to its end in Belem, Brazil, over the weekend. From the point of view of climate activists and poor countries demanding that rich countries supply them with hundreds of billions of dollars in climate change handouts, COP30 was largely a bust. In addition, the chief activist goal for a commitment to a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels by a date certain was nowhere to be seen in the conference's final Global Mutirão decision. COP30 convened 10 years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, in which signatory countries committed to "holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial... The Global Mutirão notes that achieving the Paris Agreement's limit of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels requires deep, rapid, and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions of 43 percent by 2030 and 60 percent...

That's not going to happen. The U.N. Environment Programme calculates that if countries actually kept their NDC promises, global emissions would only fall by between 12 and 15 percent by 2035 relative to their 2019 levels, and that those reductions would... And it shouldn't be counted since President Donald Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. Also, the U.S.

sent no official representatives to COP30. The Global Mutirão "urgently advances" efforts to scale up climate action funding from rich countries to poor ones to $1.3 trillion per year by 2035. But total international aid from official donors fell by 7.1 percent to just over $212 billion last year. Even taking into account contributions from multilateral financial institutions and making generous assumptions that include "mobilizing" private investments, climate finance for developing countries was around $116 billion in 2022. The Cop30 climate conference in Brazil ended on Saturday without an agreement for the world to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. More than 80 nations had been pushing for the gathering in the northern city of Belem to strengthen efforts to move away from fossil fuels, but some oil-producing nations were said to have been...

Speaking to the media after the final plenary session was concluded, the Cop30 president, Andre Correa do Lago, acknowledged that “some of you had higher ambitions” for the final agreement. CommentThe key to tackling climate change is not what we think The agreement instead calls on nations to undertake measures to limit carbon emissions while “taking into account” decisions such as the UAE Consensus, the historic agreement at Cop28 in Dubai that was the first... The agreement does not include a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels worldwide. It took an extra day, but delegates at COP30, the United Nations' climate conference, have reached a deal on a final agreement. The agreement, however, falls far short of the high expectations many delegates, environmental groups and non-governmental organizations had going into the annual conference in Belém, Brazil.

Despite more than 80 countries calling for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels worldwide, the primary cause of human-amplified climate change, that demand did not make it into the final text. Although the conference took place in what's called the "gateway to the Amazon," the COP30 agreement also doesn't include any significant new initiatives to stop deforestation and protect the Amazon rainforest, known as "the... Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Melina Walling, Associated Press Melina Walling, Associated Press Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press Anton L.

Delgado, Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to extreme weather’s wrath. But the agreement doesn’t include an explicit detailed map to phase out fossil fuels or strengthen inadequate emissions cutting plans. The Brazilian hosts of the conference said they’d eventually come up with a road map to get away from fossil fuels working with hardline Colombia, but it won’t have the same force as something... All eyes turned to Belém this weekend as divided nations scrambled to deliver a final deal at a UN climate conference battered by “roaring political headwinds”. COP30 kicked off with high hopes for a historic outcome, if not solely due to its poignant proximity to the Amazon rainforest, a crucial regulator of the climate.

It was also the first UN climate talk where a US delegate was completely absent, following Donald Trump’s controversial decision to abandon the Paris Agreement. The charismatic heft of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fuelled the push for an ambitious final deal. But, did any of this actually help in the end - and what has two weeks of strung-out negotiations actually achieved? Here are five key outcomes from COP30, and what they mean for the future. While transitioning away from fossil fuels wasn’t originally on COP30’s official agenda, political momentum around the issue rapidly transformed it into a flashpoint discussion during negotiations. COP30 final agreement omits fossil fuels

Countries also left deforestation on the sidelines but agreed to more funding for climate adaptation efforts by low-income countries The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Belém, Brazil—The agreement that emerged on Saturday from this year’s Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Brazil included more money for low-income countries’... But the final text lacked any explicit mention of the fossil fuels that the global economy is meant to be transitioning away from. In addition, while the summit was branded the “rainforest COP,” the agreement lacked a concrete plan to end deforestation. Instead, Brazil, Colombia, and others are now organizing voluntary initiatives, outside the official UN process, for those looking to end both deforestation and the use of fossil fuels.

After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations climate talks have ended with what critics are calling a weak compromise. (AP video by Joshua A. Bickel) BELEM, Brazil (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a compromise that some criticized as weak and others called progress. The deal finalized at the COP30 conference pledges more money to help countries adapt to climate change, but lacks explicit plans to transition away from the fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas... The conference didn’t do as much as scientists thought the world needed.

It wasn’t as meaningful as activists and Indigenous people demanded. Few countries got everything they wanted. And the venue even caught fire. But that disappointment is mixed with a few wins and the hope for countries to make more progress next year. Two weeks of climate negotiations in the Brazilian city of Belem have closed with an agreement that calls for renewed commitments to tackle rising temperatures, yet omits any mention of fossil fuels. A fortnight of marathon talks marked by Indigenous protests, the notable absence of the US — the world's second largest polluter — and a fire that forced a mass evacuation of the venue, have...

A main point of contention has been a road map to transition away from fossil fuels, the burning of which produces most of the emissions heating the planet and turbocharges extreme weather. More than 80 countries — including Colombia, Germany and Kenya — had said a final deal would hinge on a concrete action plan to follow through on a previous hard-won pledge to shift beyond... But the idea, which faced significant pushback from China, the Arab Group of nations, including petro-states such as Saudi Arabia, and others, did not make it into the final document.

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