This image provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection shows the wildfire in Jennings Creek, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.
For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday.A wildfire burns in Jennings Creek, N.J., as world leaders gather for climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, on the other side of the world. Drought conditions are considered a major factor contributing to wildfires in the eastern U.S.
If emissions are still rising and temperature projections are no longer dropping, people should wonder if the United Nations climate negotiations — known as COP — are doing any good, said Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare. Climate Action Tracker does projections under several different scenarios, and in some cases, those are going up slightly.
"Fossil fuels and emissions are not peaking," said Sherry Rehman, chair of climate and environment committee in Pakistan's senate. After 29 years of climate talks, Rehman said countries are "still talking in bumper stickers."The major battle in Baku is over how much rich nations will pay for developing countries to decarbonize their energy systems, cope with future harms of climate change and pay for damage from extreme weather.
Negotiations on the needed grand total and structuring the overall amount have taken "a step back," because a draft of just a few pages that was worked on for a year was rejected and the latest proposal with many options has more than 30 pages, said top European negotiator Veronika Bagi of Hungary. European Commission negotiator Jacob Werksman said there's a "very significant gap" between what rich and poor nations propose.
Also Wednesday, France's environment minister, who was set to lead the delegation, pulled out of the talks after Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev called out France and the Netherlands for their colonial histories.
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