Canada91裸聊视频檚 environment minister is hailing what he calls the 91裸聊视频渕onumental91裸聊视频� outcome of the United Nations climate summit.
Nearly 200 countries agreed Wednesday to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels 91裸聊视频� the first time they91裸聊视频檝e made that crucial pledge in decades of U.N. climate talks though many warned the deal still had significant shortcomings.
Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada played a leading role in solidifying the deal agreed to on Wednesday to close out COP28 in Dubai.
The language of the agreement is stronger than a draft floated earlier in the week, though many warned it was undermined by loopholes.
Liz McDowell, senior campaigns director with environmental group Stand.earth, says the deal is weakened by 91裸聊视频渄angerous distractions,91裸聊视频� such as leaving the door open to so-called transitional fuels, and failing to commit wealthy countries to finance the energy transition.
The federal government made several announcements during the two-week summit, unveiling its emissions cap for the oil and gas industry and draft regulations to drastically cut methane emissions from the sector.
The agreement was approved without the floor fight many feared 91裸聊视频� and is stronger than a draft floated earlier in the week that angered several nations. But it didn91裸聊视频檛 call for an outright phasing out of oil, gas and coal 91裸聊视频� and it gives nations significant wiggle room in their 91裸聊视频渢ransition91裸聊视频� away from those fuels.
91裸聊视频淗umanity has finally done what is long, long, long overdue,91裸聊视频� Wopke Hoekstra, European Union commissioner for climate action, said as the COP28 summit wrapped up.
Within minutes of opening Wednesday91裸聊视频檚 session, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gaveled in approval of the central document 91裸聊视频� an evaluation of how off-track the world is on climate and how to get back on 91裸聊视频� without giving critics a chance to comment. He hailed it as a 91裸聊视频渉istoric package to accelerate climate action.91裸聊视频�
The document is the central part of the 2015 Paris accord and its internationally agreed-upon goal to try to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. The goal is mentioned 13 times in the stocktake document and al-Jaber repeatedly called that his 91裸聊视频渘orth star.91裸聊视频� So far the world has warmed 1.2 degrees (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since the mid 1800s.
Several minutes after al-Jaber rammed the document through, Samoa91裸聊视频檚 lead delegate Anne Rasmussen, on behalf of small island nations, complained that they weren91裸聊视频檛 even in the room when al-Jaber said the deal was done. She said that 91裸聊视频渢he course correction that is needed has not been secured,91裸聊视频� with the deal representing business-as-usual instead of exponential emissions-cutting efforts. She said the deal could 91裸聊视频減otentially take us backward rather than forward.91裸聊视频�
When Rasmussen finished, delegates whooped, applauded and stood, as al-Jaber frowned and then eventually joined the standing ovation that stretched longer than his plaudits. Marshall Islands delegates hugged and cried.
Hours later, outside the plenary session, small island nations and European nations along with Colombia, held hands and hugged in an emotional show of support for greater ambition.
But there was more self-congratulations Wednesday than flagellations.
91裸聊视频淚 am in awe of the spirit of cooperation that has brought everybody together,91裸聊视频� United States Special Envoy John Kerry said. He said it shows that multilateralism can still work despite what the globe sees with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. 91裸聊视频淭his document sends very strong messages to the world.91裸聊视频�
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that 91裸聊视频渇or the first time, the outcome recognizes the need to transition away from fossil fuels.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭he era of fossil fuels must end 91裸聊视频� and it must end with justice and equity,91裸聊视频� he said.
United Nations Climate Secretary Simon Stiell told delegates their efforts were 91裸聊视频渘eeded to signal a hard stop to humanity91裸聊视频檚 core climate problem: fossil fuels and that planet-burning pollution. Whilst we didn91裸聊视频檛 turn the page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end.91裸聊视频�
Stiell cautioned people that what they adopted was a 91裸聊视频渃limate action lifeline, not a finish line.91裸聊视频�
The new deal had been floated early Wednesday and was stronger than a draft proposed days earlier, but had loopholes that upset critics.
91裸聊视频淭he problem with the text is that it still includes cavernous loopholes that allow the United States and other fossil fuel producing countries to keep going on their expansion of fossil fuels,91裸聊视频� Center for Biological Diversity energy justice director Jean Su told The Associated Press. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a pretty deadly, fatal flaw in the text, which allows for transitional fuels to continue91裸聊视频� which is a code word for natural gas that also emits carbon pollution.
The deal also includes a call for tripling the use of renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency. Earlier in the talks, the conference adopted a special fund for poor nations hurt by climate change and nations put nearly $800 million in the fund.
The deal doesn91裸聊视频檛 go so far as to seek a 91裸聊视频減hase-out91裸聊视频� of fossil fuels, which more than 100 nations, like small island states and European nations, had pleaded for. Instead, it calls for 91裸聊视频渢ransitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade.91裸聊视频�
German climate envoy Jennifer Morgan said the difference between phase-out and transitioning away could be seen as a positive: 91裸聊视频淚 think the 91裸聊视频榩hase-out91裸聊视频� was about sending a clear signal. And I think the 91裸聊视频榡ust transition away from91裸聊视频� is a way of phrasing the phase-out with the equity component included in it91裸聊视频� for poorer nations who can91裸聊视频檛 act as quickly as richer ones.
Li Shuo of the Asia Society said when the two phrases are translated into Mandarin or Japanese there is essentially no difference.
In a press conference, Kerry called it 91裸聊视频渁 clear unambiguous message on one of the most complicated issues that we face.91裸聊视频� He said the United States wanted stronger language, but it was too much 91裸聊视频渙f a steep climb91裸聊视频� to get from 195 nations.
He said that 91裸聊视频渢here were times in the last 48 hours were some of us thought this could fail.91裸聊视频� But 91裸聊视频渨e stayed at it. People showed good faith. People stepped up.91裸聊视频�
The deal says that the transition would be done in a way that gets the world to net zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 and carbon pollution to peak by the year 2025, but gives wiggle room to individual nations like China to peak later.
It was the third version presented in about two weeks and the word 91裸聊视频渙il91裸聊视频� does not appear anywhere in the 21-page document, but 91裸聊视频渇ossil fuels91裸聊视频� appears twice.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, a Nobel Peace Prize winning climate activist, said while it is an important milestone 91裸聊视频渢o finally recognize that the climate crisis is at its heart a fossil fuel crisis,91裸聊视频� he called the deal 91裸聊视频渢he bare minimum91裸聊视频� with 91裸聊视频渉alf measures and loopholes.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淲hether this is a turning point that truly marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era depends on the actions that come next,91裸聊视频� Gore said.
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