COP27 climate summit begins, a ‘new era to do things differently’
Cairo: The United Nations’ 27th climate summit began yesterday in Egypt, with the hope of issuing a new declaration to protect the planet’s future.
The summit will be attended by US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and other 90 national leaders. Ireland’s Prime Minister, Michael Martin, and Environment Minister, Eamon Ryan, are also in attendance. The summit will primarily focus on implementing climate policies and maintaining the goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or less.
30000 representatives
Representatives from 190 countries will also attend the global conference. The summit will be attended by 30,000 delegates from governments, businesses, NGOs, and civil society organisations. The conference will be divided into two zones: blue and green. Official negotiations will take place in the Blue Zone. The Green Zone is organised by the Egyptian government and is open to the public. Events, exhibitions, workshops, discussions, and debates will take place here.
No Greta Thunberg
It is expected that Chinese representatives will not attend the summit. Mr. Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change, will represent India, and Russia will send representatives, but President Vladimir Putin will not attend. Prominent environmentalist Greta Thunberg will also not attend the conference. They are abstaining on the grounds that there is no opportunity for civil society representatives.
They allege that the conference is just rhetoric and that it is turning into a programme to get attention for political leaders.
Will evaluate how far Glasgow has progressed.
The conference will evaluate the previous Glasgow Agreement’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The summit will also look at each country’s climate plans and renewable energy use.
The summit’s goal is to educate people on how to adapt to the effects of climate change and how to save people from these problems.
The conference’s objective is to ensure and accelerate the financial assistance provided by developed countries to developing countries in order to combat climate change. A demand was made to double the aid by 2025, but this was not attempted. It will discuss the climate impacts that developing countries are unable to adapt to and are frequently not held accountable for. The question will also be examined.
At last year’s Glasgow summit, coal and fossil fuels were included in the COP agreement for the first time, but the position was eased due to opposition from India and China.
Expectations… Hopes
The recent US passage of legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by investing $370 billion in renewable energy generation over the next decade gives new hope to the global summit. Scientists believe that this legislation could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by 30–40% by 2030. Biden’s announcement last year that he would make it 50% is also promising.
However, only 24 countries out of 194 submitted revised plans for COP 27. According to the UNFCCC’s September 2022 report, emissions will rise by 10.6% by 2030. This is in stark contrast to the 45% reduction in emissions required to limit warming to 1.5°C, according to the report, which also stated that temperatures could rise to 2.5°C by the end of the century.
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