COP President Alok Sharma holds back tears as he speaks of his deep sorrow after a key last-minute changes to the Glasgow deal around phasing out coal. ‘Phase out’ of coal resolution weakened to ‘phase down’ after a proposed revision by India
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UN Sec Gen @antonioguterres very downbeat. Key in his statement: Current NDCs still increase emissions this decade on a pathway to well above 2C
- Still knocking on door of climate catastrophe
- Time for emergency mode
- We’re in fight of our lives. COP27 starts now.
- Still knocking on door of climate catastrophe
- Time for emergency mode
- We’re in fight of our lives. COP27 starts now.
.@Keir_Starmer welcomes ‘modest progress’ but says #COP26 a “missed opportunity” and accuses @BorisJohnson of ‘hindering not helping’. [He] never treated this summit with the seriousness it deserved, nor built the trusts so critical to its success”
PM Johnson looks to positives
Deal ‘big step forward’
Says deal keeps 1.5C alive *provided countries cont to take ambitious action over 2020s* (Guterres: NDCs THIS decade puts on pathway to 2C+)
1st ever agreement to ‘phase down coal’ (phase out scrapped. Big last min blow)
Deal ‘big step forward’
Says deal keeps 1.5C alive *provided countries cont to take ambitious action over 2020s* (Guterres: NDCs THIS decade puts on pathway to 2C+)
1st ever agreement to ‘phase down coal’ (phase out scrapped. Big last min blow)
PM Johnson: “I hope we will look back at COP26 in Glasgow as the beginning of the end of climate change, and I will continue to work tirelessly towards that goal”
UK govt also looks to Egypt. ‘Countries asked to return next year with more ambitious 2030 emissions targets’
UK govt also looks to Egypt. ‘Countries asked to return next year with more ambitious 2030 emissions targets’
PM highlights 1st ever agreement to phase down coal. Glasgow deal commits countries to “accelerating efforts towards the phase down of unabated coal power & phase out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies”. But disappointment language watered down (pushed by India China) last min
Other positives =
- Negotiators agreed the Paris 'rule book' that includes how countries report their emission reduction targests
- Also agreed how a new international carbon market will work, which last two COPs had tried and failed to finalise
- Negotiators agreed the Paris 'rule book' that includes how countries report their emission reduction targests
- Also agreed how a new international carbon market will work, which last two COPs had tried and failed to finalise
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