A chasm remains between countries who believe carbon pollution is the source of our collective ills and those who believe oil and gas are to be used to drive their economies
Current policies would lead to 2.7 degrees of warming this century, according to Climate Action Tracker; overheating that would threaten human civilisation.The climate hoaxer’s agenda is a combination of ratcheting up oil and gas exploration; attempting to scuttle America’s short-lived status as world leader in clean energy – ie dismember Joe Biden’s climate policy – and exit the Paris Agreement again.
has hit home in a profound way. Here was a wealthy country which could not prevent hundreds of deaths and a shocking level of destruction from ferocious flooding. The amounts involved are jaw-dropping. Poorer countries who contributed least to an overheating planet need $1.3 trillion by 2035, analysis by leading economists showed. Then again, some $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidies are paid out by governments every year. So coughing up what is required is doable.The days of high-emitting aviation, shipping and billionaires getting away scot-free for their carbon pollution may be ending.
Some are hoping a strong signal from wealthy G20 countries meeting in Rio will inject momentum into Baku negotiations. That would build enough trust potentially to make Cop30 next year a more significant outcome with scaled-up ambition.A beacon of hope at Cop29 is evidence of the clean energy revolution gathering momentum in so many countries.
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