Representatives from the world's nations are in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the COP27 summit to flesh out the rules of a new global climate pact. Here's a guide for acronyms and jargon from years of climate talks
in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, through Nov. 18 to flesh out the rules of a new global climate pact. Decades of climate talks have spawned a host of acronyms and jargon. Here is a guide:marked the first time a U.N. climate agreement mentioned the goal of reducing fossil fuel use.
With time running out for steep emissions cuts, the pact also urges nations to come up with more ambitious climate plans.Successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the international climate treaty that expired in 2020. To do this, countries that signed the accord set national pledges to reduce humanity's effect on the climate that are meant to become more ambitious over time.The carbon dioxide emitted by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, diesel, gasoline or petrol, kerosene and natural gas is the main "greenhouse gas" responsible for warming the Earth's atmosphere.
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