The proposed deal would commit countries to ‘pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 C above preindustrial levels’ and strengthen their long-term climate action plans by next year
may not result in an agreement that will limit global warming to 1.5 C above preindustrial levels, a target scientists have said is crucial to avoiding the devastating impact of climate change.
“Here in Glasgow the world is closer than it’s ever been to signalling the beginning of the end of anthropogenic climate change,” he said. “Will you help us grasp that opportunity or will you stand in the way?” “We’ve never had a text like that before in the COP,” said Helen Mountford of the World Resource Institute. She added although the draft did not include a time frame for the phasing out of coal and fossil fuel subsidies, it would still be a step forward. “Having that text there in the first place, as a hook on the kinds of practical actions that can be done to deliver on ambition, would be significant,” she said.
Many environment groups have criticized the draft, calling it far too vague and timid. “It’s not good enough,” said Mark Worthing of the Sierra Club of British Columbia. “It lacks any urgency. I think that’s probably one of the single most infuriating characteristics of a COP is that you have a bunch of people who are suffering from cognitive dissonance.”
Jennifer Morgan, executive director of Greenpeace International, said the proposed text was little more than “an agreement that we’ll all cross our fingers and hope for the best.” The statement said both countries “recognize the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis” and they intend to co-operate on regulatory standards, green technology and the transition to clean energy. They also pledged to reduce methane gas emissions.
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