{"id":8284,"date":"2023-10-04T22:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=8284"},"modified":"2023-10-04T22:37:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:37:05","slug":"united-nations-places-climate-course-correction-on-the-agenda-for-cop28-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/united-nations-places-climate-course-correction-on-the-agenda-for-cop28-negotiations","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Places Climate &#8216;Course Correction&#8217; on the Agenda for COP28 Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has put a series of challenging climate goals on the agenda for Cop28, in its effort to get the world back on course to limit global warming to 1.5C.<\/p>\n<p>A UN \u201cstocktake\u201d of progress found the world is heading to blow past the 1.5C goal and, after speaking to governments, the UN has put together a list of options to stop that happening.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the UN\u2019s climate arm Simon Stiell told reporters today that \u201cwe are far from where we need to be as a global community\u201d and the \u201cwindow of opportunity is rapidly closing\u201d. The response to the stocktake is an \u201copportunity for course correction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/resource\/SYR_Views%20on%20%20Elements%20for%20CoO.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">65-page document<\/a> published today contains several options which are far more ambitious than current policies and targets.<\/p>\n<p>These include stopping exploration for fossil fuels by 2030, phasing out their use by 2040 and delivering $200-400 billion a year to help climate victims through a loss and damage fund.<\/p>\n<p>Government negotiators will narrow down the list at a series of meetings over the next two months,\u00a0before government ministers decide what they can all agree upon at Cop28 in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-DGd5V\" title=\"Some of the options for Cop28\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/DGd5V\/1\/\" height=\"667\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stiell said that governments broadly agreed \u201cas to where the gaps are and where those gaps need to close\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The disagreements, he said, \u201ccome from how its done and who should carry the weight in terms of the action and the responses that are required\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, developed nations like the US and Europe have pushed for big emerging economies like China to do more to reduce emissions and to deliver climate finance.<\/p>\n<p>China and allies have pushed back, arguing that the responsibility still lies with the wealthiest nations who have historically polluted the most.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/04\/27\/what-is-the-global-stocktake-of-climate-action-and-why-does-it-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stocktake<\/a>\u00a0is a once-every-five-years process designed to check that governments are going to meet their collective targets to limit global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Its convenors have been gathering input and data from governments, campaigners and scientists and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/09\/08\/un-report-climate-plans-inufficient-global-stocktake\/\">published a report<\/a>\u00a0summarising the evidence a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Danish climate minister Dan Jorgensen and South Africa\u2019s environment minister Barbara Creecy are jointly leading the response to the global stocktake report.<\/p>\n<p>The two hosted climate ministers at the United Nations in New York last month. That closed-door meeting helped inform the UN\u2019s new document.<\/p>\n<p>Stockholm Environment Institute researcher Richard Klein told Climate Home that the document was further proof that &#8220;the collective sense of urgency to act is undeniable&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But, he added that government negotiations on which bits of the paper to agree on at Cop28 &#8220;will still prove really difficult&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite what appear to be unanimous calls for greater ambition, there is no guarantee that the outcome of Cop28 will be an ambitious one&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has put a series of challenging climate goals on the agenda for Cop28, in its effort to get the world back on course to limit global warming to 1.5C. 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