The twenty-sixth United Nations Climate Conference takes place from Monday 1is to Friday 12 November 2021, in Glasgow, in Scotland. An expected summit which should lead States to decide which policy to implement, at the global level, to mitigate the effects of global warming.
What is the top priority of this Cop 26?
That the 196 countries and organizations (197 with theEuropean Union) signatories of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, commit to further reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
For now, these national efforts, called contributions
(NDCs) put the planet on a 2.7 ° C warming trajectory compared to the pre-industrial era. This is already better than the 3.7 ° C, towards which we were moving before 2015. But it is not enough. Beyond 1.5 ° C, the world must prepare for extreme consequences, some of which will be irreversible, such as melting ice.
Without money nothing is possible
It is the other priority objective of the British Presidency. The rich countries must keep the commitment made in 2009 to find 100 billion per year to help the poorest to finance their energy and ecological transition, and to adapt to the changes which are already there, such as the recurrent floods in Bangladesh.
For the moment there are only 79 billion on the table, but the figures date from 2019. If we add the sums recently promised, such as the 11 billion dollars announced in September by the American Joe Biden, the 100 billion account will be good in 2023. Provided that they are really dons
and not ready
wrote a hundred developing countries, denouncing the accounting deception in a joint letter.
What are the other issues?
The list is long like all the subjects which did not lead to the last summit, the Cop 25, known for its failure. Negotiators will have to find an agreement on a carbon market compatible with the environment and their neighbors; a solution to insure the loss and damage of small island states; common application rules to ensure compliance with the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, such as transparency on commitments or their timeframe, etc.
Paris made a promise; Glasgow must hold it
, summarized Alok Sharma, the president of this British Cop 26, who will officially succeed on October 31, his Chilean counterpart, Carolina Schmidt.
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