As reported, the UN World Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh has been extended. It has now been announced that a team from the chairman of the conference will work overnight on a new draft of the final statement. Government representatives complained that there were still some gaps in the ten available pages.
In addition, environmental organizations had expressed criticism. The previous final statement called for a gradual phase-out of coal. A number of governments and climate activists would also like to say goodbye to gas and oil. Austrian Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) said essential points would be missing. The document is “only a basic requirement to overcome the climate crisis in the long term”.
Improving climate protection plans
For example, governments are being asked to improve their largely inadequate climate protection plans by the next climate conference. Other problems remained unsolved. An example is whether a fund should be set up under the umbrella of the United Nations to compensate poor countries for climate damage if it cannot be averted.
A new design could be presented on Saturday, which the team of conference chairman Samih Schukri would have to work on overnight. According to Schukri, the UN meeting should also be concluded on this day. The Austrian delegation expects an end on Sunday at the earliest. About 34,000 people are taking part in the UN World Climate Conference. In the past 20 years, none of these annual meetings have ended on time, the climate portal “Carbon Brief” reports.
Source: Krone
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