Saturday, November 13, marked the end of two weeks of intense negotiations that finally led to the completion of the Paris rulebook making it the first climate conference, COP, where parties agreed to phase down coal power.
“I thank you all, and your teams, for your extraordinary and heroic efforts. I also want to thank my own incredible team for the past two years, and all the work that has gone into making this conference happen,” he said. The Glasgow Climate Pact, combined with increased ambition and action from countries, means that 1.5C remains in sight, but it will only be delivered with concerted and immediate global efforts. The agreement will speed up the pace of climate action.
And for the first time, heeding calls from civil society and countries most vulnerable to climate impacts, the COP agreed on combined action on phasing down fossil fuels. The UK Presidency has also been focused on driving action to deliver reductions in emissions. We have seen a huge shift in coal, with many more countries committing to phase out unabated coal power and ending international coal financing.
“From here, we must now move forward together and deliver on the expectations set out in the Glasgow Climate Pact, and close the vast gap which remains. Because as Prime Minister Mia Mottley told us at the start of this conference, for Barbados and other small island states, ‘two degrees is a death sentence’.
Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)
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