After difficult negotiations, the nearly 200 countries approved the latest draft presented by the summit presidency. The text goes further than the first proposal which talked about “reducing” the use of coal, oil and gas, although it does not call for their complete elimination.
For many analysts the agreement was ‘impossible’, but in the end it has happened COP28 has approved one ‘transition’ away from fossil fuels by 2050, as proposed in the latest draft proposed by the Dubai Climate Summit Presidency. The approved text goes further than the previous proposal – it mentioned “reducing” the use of oil, gas and coal – but does not call for the total elimination of fossil fuels.
The almost 200 countries debated intensively during these two weeks, and the agreement, called “Global Balance”, was approved by consensus in the plenary. The text calls on states to begin a transition away from fossil fuels orderly and just manneraccelerating action in this critical decade to reach the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, according to science.
Opening a path to exit this type of energy was the priority at this summit for the European Union and other industrialized economies, but also for countries that are highly vulnerable to climate change, such as many developing countries.
However, until the plenary session at COP28, there was uncertainty about whether an agreement that would mark the end of the fossil fuel era would be accepted by the EU. oil countries such as Saudi Arabia, which they named as the main opposition party.
“It is a historic and unprecedented achievement,” said COP28 President Sultan Al Yaber of the Emirates at the plenary, acknowledging the “hard work” of the delegations over the past two weeks and especially in the final hours of that period. that the countries negotiated until dawn to reach consensus.
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Source: EITB
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