UN climate panel fails to agree date for global warming update: envoy
Several countries pushed for a 2029 delay, while a 30-nation coalition warned the report must be ready for the 2028 climate review.
- On Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ended without an agreement on a timeline for its next scientific review, missing a critical opportunity before 2028.
- The dispute reflects deep rifts over how to address warming, with European nations pushing for immediate action while countries including Saudi Arabia, India, and China pressed to postpone the "seventh assessment report" until 2029.
- Marshall Islands climate envoy Tina Stege called the delay a "travesty," saying it undermines essential science for national planning, while Shreeshan Venkatesh of the Climate Action Network said the group was "deeply disappointed" by the failure.
- A coalition of 30 countries previously criticized "those whose entrenched interests are at odds with reducing greenhouse gases," while nations pushing for delay argued developing countries needed more time to absorb findings.
- When the IPCC meeting opened Monday, chair Jim Skea warned of the "organisational and reputational significance of its decision," as the French envoy noted the stalemate risks costing valuable time in the global climate response.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change did not agree on the timing of its next major report.
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UN climate panel fails to agree date for global warming update: envoy
Benoit Faraco said that "a few countries" had pressed to delay publication after the 2028 date that many European countries had wanted for the next Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. "After a week of difficult discussions, a broad coalition of developed and developing countries from all five continents, united in their support for science and the timeline proposed by scientists, managed to withstand pressure from a few cou…
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The fierce political battle over the world's most influential climate report appears to have been settled in favor of the oil and coal nations. After a week of discussions, no agreement has been reached on the timing of the report's release. The question now is whether it can appear in time at all for a major climate summit in 2028. With this, the chaos at the authoritative UN climate panel IPCC is complete. Never has the discussion surrounding…
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