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"The world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on
Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate
breakdown.
Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary
agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil
fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of
implacable opposition from oil-producing countries.
The talks were hauled back from the brink of collapse in an all-night session
into Saturday morning, after a bitter standoff between a coalition of more than
80 developed and developing countries, and a group led by Saudi Arabia and its
allies plus Russia.
There was disappointment from campaigners, but relief that the talks had
produced at least some progress. Developing countries achieved part of their
goal at the global talks, which was a tripling of the financial support
available from rich countries to help them adapt to the impacts of the climate
crisis. They should receive $120bn (£92bn) a year for adaptation, from the
$300bn developed countries pledged to them last year, but not until 2035,
instead of the 2030 deadline they were demanding. Many had also hoped the
increase would be on top of the $300bn.
A roadmap to the halting of deforestation was dropped from the final deal, a
bitter disappointment for nature advocates at this “rainforest Cop” held in
Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River.
The agreement among 194 countries – excluding the US, which did not send a
delegation – was reached in the early morning after 12 hours of nonstop
extra-time talks among ministers in deserted conference halls, and completed at
a closing meeting at 1.35pm, after negotiations were hauled back from the brink
of collapse on Friday evening."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
