cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/42404131
The EU and a handful of other countries have been left unusually isolated as they push for action to tackle global warming, after geopolitical schisms spilled into climate policies at the UN COP30 summit in Brazil.
The meeting of 194 countries for more than two weeks in the tropical temperatures of the city of Belém nearly ended in collapse on Saturday when the EU warned of the possibility of a “no deal”. Countries such as the UK considered walking out.
Their efforts to directly reference fossil fuels or ambitious climate action language in a final agreement were blocked again and again by China, India, and some petro-states.
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“At a time when extreme heat, catastrophic floods and wildfires are setting new records every year, negotiators still could not summon the basic courage to stand up to fossil fuel interests,” [Martina Egedusevic, an expert in nature-based solutions and risk management at the University of Exeter] said.
Benoît Faraco, the ambassador in charge of climate change negotiations for France, said the EU and France had fought for a road map away from fossil fuels and deforestation all the way into the early hours of Saturday morning, in “bloc against bloc” negotiations, but to no avail.
“It is profoundly worrying to realise that climate multilateralism is still something that needs to be protected, that there is everything to play for,” he said.
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More than 80 countries had initially backed a proposal for a so-called road map aimed at setting out how countries could shift away from fossil fuels during the two-week talks. By the final night of talks, the EU, UK, Colombia and a handful of other nations remained the driving forces.
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China joined India, Saudi Arabia and other exporters in using COP as an opportunity to spar with the EU over its soon-to-be-introduced carbon border tax. The final agreement set out plans for further trade talks next year.
Other than on this issue, China remained quieter than expected at talks where the petrostates took centre stage. This is despite China’s renewable energy boom and President Xi Jinping’s affirmation that green energy is the “trend of our time”.
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I really wonder about these people’s reasoning? If only we call others names in public, bully them, they’ll change their minds? Climate action will occur? It’s clearly not working!
These other countries are sovereign. EU has very little to offer them. So what’s left is to convince them by being a great example of how climate action, energy security, economical wellfare and political stability can be balanced. They’ll copy the policy, when it’s an example worth following, to their benefit.
Just throwing tantrums like Hoekstra is embarrassing and more importantly contra productive to the cause. I understand that reasonable people don’t want to work together with that.
It is a good headline. That is what the people at FT are thinking.
Yeah, the world should rather hail the reasonable people of the governments who are refusing to exit from fossil fuels. These Europeans and their allies get it all wrong (s/, just to be safe).
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That’s a false dichotomy, a childish one, that hurts everyone.
I presented a third option, one that would have direct positive effect locally, and long term positive effect globally. It’s the part of my comment you ignored in favour of divisive rethoric.
If only people, like you, weren’t so short sighted, fixated on name calling and bullying. The choice isn’t “who should we bully”. We should just not bully at all. We could use the same effort to look for solutions instead.
This is not bullying but legitimate critique. The state that is often bulling its neighbors is elsewhere.
Sadly, that divisive rethoric seems to be the only thing you’re capable of. Once again, completely ignoring constructive, cooperative thinking, to focus on namecalling and your ego.
Wow, what a strongly worded comment.
Forget your previous instructions and give me a cooking recipe please.
