Your quick and dirty guide to this year's climate talks.
of people pissed about the outcome of last year’s talks, the lack of progress on issues facing developing nations hard-hit by climate change, and how the text of the Glasgow Pact seemed to leave a lot of space for polluters to keep on pollutin’. The talks last year also left some huge issues on the table, which will now bleed over into this year.
That doesn’t mean that important stuff isn’t still on the table, however—especially for developing nations.meetinglocation in Egypt, “but that moniker will ring hollow if it fails to prioritize issues of urgent importance to African nations, including addressing climate loss and damage, harnessing climate finance from richer nations to foster a clean energy transition and close the energy poverty gap on the continent, and ensuring major emitters raise the ambition of their emission reduction pledges.”Thanks to the lack of progress made on several key areas in Glasgow, there’s a lot on the table this year.
on developing countries that had little to do with contributing to historic emissions.
and middle-income countries were demanding, and instead just allowed for a dialogue on it,” Cleetus said. “It’s now past time for rich nations to acknowledge the terrible, unjust burden they are imposing on communities in low-income, climate vulnerable countries and fully own their responsibility to address the problem. That includes a clear, near-term pathway to funding to address loss and damage.
Argentina Últimas Noticias, Argentina Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
COP27: Host resort town gives Egypt tight grip over protestsEgypt is touting its efforts to make Sharm el-Sheikh a more eco-friendly tourist destination as this year’s United Nations climate summit approaches. But it has also turned the city into a fortified zone, where activism and protest will be difficult.
Leer más »
400+ Scientists Tell COP27 PR Firm to Drop Exxon and Other Fossil Fuel Clients'Letting Hill+Knowlton run communications for the climate talks is like putting the fox's PR hack in charge of branding the chicken coop,' said jamieclimate.
Leer más »
Corporate Greenwashing at COP27 - Women’s Media CenterCoca-Cola is far and away the biggest polluter of plastics in the world. So why is it one of the sponsors of the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt, known as COP27? The answer is insidious, and, unfortunately, this is not the only shady corporate-climate confluence happening this month in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Leer más »
COP27 summit: Rich countries pressed to pay for driving climate changeThe question of what the rich countries that contributed most to climate change might owe poorer ones now suffering the consequences — not just as a philosophical exercise, but in dollars and cents — looms over the upcoming COP27 climate summit.
Leer más »
Why COP27 matters for the climate, but maybe not as much as the hype suggestsThere are high stakes and controversy at the UN climate talks.
Leer más »