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Climate summit results
COP30
Brazil is still at an impasse after the European Union refused to accept the draft agreement.The reason is that the agreement is considered to have not been able to press
greenhouse gas emissions
which triggers it
climate change
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The two-week conference held in Belem, Amazon, was originally scheduled to end Friday (21/11) evening local time.However, the schedule slipped because negotiations continued late into the night.
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Brazil has made this summit a watershed moment for global climate cooperation.The summit urged countries to bridge the gap on a range of issues, including the future of fossil fuels.
“This is not an agenda that divides us,” COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago told delegates in the plenary session.
“We have to reach an agreement between us,” he added.
Several developing countries responded to the European Union’s position, asking them to commit to funding poor countries to tackle climate change.
“We can’t just work with one track. If there is a track for fossil fuels, there has to be a track for climate finance too,” said one negotiator from a developing country, who was not named.
The differing stances on fossil fuels, reducing CO2 emissions and funding highlight the difficulty of reaching consensus at the annual conference.
A draft text of the agreement, as quoted by Reuters Saturday (22/11), which Brazil released on Friday morning, does not contain any reference to fossil fuels, eliminating various options that had been included in previous versions.
Dozens of countries, including major oil and gas producing nations, have opposed those options.
At the previous summit, around 80 countries had demanded that COP30 present a transition plan from fossil fuels.However, by Friday evening, many countries had signaled they accepted a deal without fossil fuels.
Burning fossil fuels produces greenhouse gases which are by far the largest contributor to global warming.
Unite over fossil fuels
The European Union, which has 27 member countries, considers the text too weak.
“Under no circumstances will we accept this,” said the European Union’s Commissioner for Climate, Wopke Hoekstra, in a statement on Friday.
The European Union indicated that it could go beyond its comfort zone to fund developing countries.However, this will be done only if parts of the text can reduce global warming emissions.
On Friday evening, several European negotiators were considering the option of leaving the talks, instead accepting a deal.
A Brazilian negotiator told Reuters that the fossil fuel language was unlikely to be reintroduced, and that the summit presidency had only urged minor adjustments to the existing draft.
Three sources said that the Arab Group negotiating bloc, which has 22 members, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, had its energy industry not included in the discussions.
Saudi Arabia relayed a statement from the Arab Group to negotiators, warning that its industry would derail negotiations.Saudi Arabia did not respond to a request for comment made to the Saudi government communications office.
Multilateralism under pressure
The draft agreement also calls for global efforts to double funding to help countries adapt to climate change by 2030.
However, the draft does not specify whether these funds will be provided directly by rich countries or other sources, including development banks or the private sector.
The text of the agreement requires consensus approval among the nearly 200 countries present for it to be adopted.
Corrêa do Lago said that the multilateral show of unity was an important signal that needed to be sent given the absence of the US this year.President Donald Trump has called global warming a hoax.
“The world is watching,” he said.
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