From Monday, a tidal wave of thousands of delegates from around the world will compete in Azerbaijan for the global climate. Just in time for the climate summit, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Green Party warns of ‘super storms’.
“Deadly storms, droughts, new floods of the century and record heat: the climate crisis is the greatest security challenge of our time,” the Green politician explained in Berlin. The climate crisis is the greatest security challenge of our time. The crisis rages regardless of elections, as the floods in Spain and the recent hurricanes in the US have painfully demonstrated.
Moving away from coal, gas and oil
The move away from coal, gas and oil, as decided at the 2023 climate conference, is worth it. “Every tenth of a degree of prevention of global warming means fewer crises, less suffering and less displacement.”
Cynical location
The success of this climate conference will depend on whether the international community will ultimately commit to a very concrete end to coal, oil and gas,” said WWF climate spokesperson Reinhard Uhrig in the “Krone”. The required timetable: In the rich countries of the Global North, the coal phase-out must be completed by 2030, followed by an end to the burning of natural gas and the phase-out of oil by 2040.
But the location of COP29 suggests the opposite and cannot be outdone in terms of cynicism. The Middle Eastern state is completely focused on the exploitation of fossils and its chairman Mukhtar Babajew once worked for the state gas company Socar. In addition, the EU, which is committed to green energy, is requesting gas supplies from the host country of the UN conference.
Virtual participation
But in Azerbaijan’s capital the focus over the next two weeks will be on financing. To achieve the 1.5 degree target, UN experts are certain that additional financial resources of one trillion (!) dollars per year will be needed to support poorer countries. By the way, Uhrig will not fly to Baku for climate protection reasons. The activist participates virtually, but fully registered, in the conference in distant Azerbaijan.
Current bad news from Greece: mussel farming has come to a standstill due to record temperatures.
Source: Krone
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