I am wondering whether I've been naive in thinking that the COP26 draft cover declaration will keep 1.5 degrees alive, and whether I have attached too much weight to paragraph 29 that "requests" countries toughen up their commitments to reduce emissions before 2030. My...
concern, reinforced by the US agreement with China, is that China will feel under little pressure to bring forward its commitment that its greenhouse gas emissions should peak by 2030. And unless China becomes more ambitious, there is no prospect of global warming...
being limited to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Much will depend therefore on how paragraph 29 is implemented. There will be a huge and heavy burden on @AlokSharma_RDG, as COP president for a year - and by implication on @BorisJohnson too - to be guardian and...
de facto police officer for paragraph 29. Will they pressurise and shame those countries, led by but not remotely restricted to China, that are not doing enough to cut emissions in the short term? Will the UK government rise to the challenge? COP26 will only be a historic...
agreement if it initiates a credible process to cut emissions. It must be a beginning, not an end.
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