US EditionControversy over the Final Text of the World Climate Change Conference
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In the final sprint of the climate conference, the terrain burns and negotiations become more heated. Without a plan for the end of fossil energies, many do not want to go home.
The World Climate Conference is supposed to come to an end in the evening - but an extension is on the horizon. Because a roadmap for turning away fossil fuels is missing, Germany and many other countries are putting pressure on it.
At the climate summit in Brazil there is resistance to the final declaration. More than 30 states are threatening a blockade, including Germany. Reason: The word "fossil" is not included in the text.
Fossil fuels, the cause of climate change, remain an elephant in the room in climate negotiations. At the beginning of this week, host country Brazil took the lead at the climate summit to get this topic on the agenda. And for a moment, it looked like moving away from fossil fuels would actually be in the diplomatic texts. But in the latest version, coal, oil and natural gas had disappeared again. This led to a critical letter from around thirty…
A preliminary version of the final statement of COP30, presented by the Brazilian Presidency on Friday afternoon, 21th, has no reference to the withdrawal of fossil fuels, published to Bloomberg. The minute of seven pages called on the participating countries to accelerate climate action by means of a voluntary “Global Implementation Accelerator”, without... The post Crusoe: The final statement of COP30 will not have a plan to reduce fossil fuel…
The publication of the new draft COP30 agreement on Friday afternoon (21) caused an immediate reaction from the scientific community and from environmental organizations. The text, which completely removed the language on fossil fuels and eliminated any reference to the roadmaps promised for energy transition and zero decommissioning, was classified as “traitation”, “historic refusal” and “unacceptable” by entities accompanying the negotiations.…
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