The last-minute change was proposed by India, softening the call to end the use of coal.
The proposal was made by the Minister of the Environment of India, Bhupender Yadav, who, in the final plenary session, asked for a rewording of the paragraph advocating phasing out the use of coal for energy production without measures to reduce emissions.
India wanted to replace the progressive end – “phase-out” with a phase-out – “phase-out” – a proposal that was accepted with dissatisfaction by several delegations such as Switzerland, the European Union, as well as the most vulnerable countries. to climate change.
However, the final document was eventually approved.
CC President apologizes
Alok Sharma, President of the COP26 Climate Conference, today emotionally apologized for the way the negotiations went at the last minute so that the final text could be approved, 26 hours later than planned.
The UN Climate Summit (COP26) formally adopted the final declaration, COP26, with a last-minute amendment proposed by India that softens the call to stop using coal.
“I apologize for how this process was designed. I’m sorry. I also understand the deep frustration. But it is also very important that we defend this agreement, ”he said at the closing session, pausing for a moment to re-do it himself.
As a result, he said that the revised version of the final declaration was approved with the changes made orally, and officially closed the production with a hammer blow.
Emotions and theatrical scams
The work has been extended until the weekend in hopes of finding an agreement to tackle climate change.
The talks on Saturday were marked by emotion and theatrical strikes.
Pact aims to limit temperatures to 1.5 ° C.
The Glasgow Climate Pact supports the ambition of the Paris Agreement to keep the temperature rise at 1.5 ° C (degrees Celsius).
The document, which has undergone changes until the last moment, confirms the goal of limiting the temperature rise to 1.5 ° C (degrees Celsius), set six years ago in the Paris Agreement, and speaks of the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to since 2010.
It is recognized that limiting global warming to 1.5 ° C requires “a rapid, deep and sustained reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions, including a 45% reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 from 2010 levels and to zero by mid-century. as well as a significant reduction in emissions of other greenhouse gases ”.
The pact underlines the urgent need to strengthen ambition and action for mitigation, adaptation and financing in this “critical decade” to close the gaps in the implementation of the Paris Agreement goals, and it calls on missing countries to submit papers by November next year. their contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Those present in Glasgow also called on, according to the approved document, developed countries to “at least double” climate finance to adapt to climate change in the poorest countries.
And richer countries and financial institutions are urged to “accelerate the alignment of their financial activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement.”