It is a “historic decision to accelerate climate action,” said Sultan al-Jaber, the president of this UN conference and head of the United Arab Emirates oil company Adnoc.
It was unanimously approved by the countries of the world at COP28 in Dubai decision that calls for a transition towards abandoning fossil fuels, for the first time in the history of UN climate conferences.
Already at the beginning of the plenary meeting to close the UN climate conference, the delegates adopted the decision prepared by the United Arab Emirateswhich caused prolonged applause in a festive atmosphere.
The agreement approved in Dubaii after two weeks of tough negotiations aims to send a strong message to investors and policymakers that the world is now united in its will to break its ties to fossil fuels, which scientists call the last viable hope to stave off climate catastrophe.
It’s about “historic decision to accelerate climate action”said Sultan al-Jaber, the president of this UN conference and head of the United Arab Emirates oil company Adnoc.
“We have language on fossil fuels in the final agreement, for the first time”he added, prompting fresh applause.
“We should be proud of this historic achievement and the UAEmy country, is proud of their role in achieving it”he added.
“We leave Dubai with our heads held high”he continued, while clarifying that the nearly 200 countries participating in the conference approved a “historic package” of measures that offer a “romantic plan” to continue to achieve the goal of holding global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial era.
“We have delivered a paradigm shift that has the potential to redefine our economies”he also noted shortly after the agreement was approved at the COP28 closing meeting in Dubai.
Al-Jaber concluded his speech by drawing the attention of the nations to the following: “An agreement is good if it is implemented. We are what we do, not what we say.”
“It is the first time that the world is united around such a clear text on the need to transition to abandoning fossil fuels”, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said of the agreement. “It was the elephant in the room. We are finally facing him face to face,” he noted.
More than 100 countries have lobbied hard for tough language in the COP28 agreement to “phase out” the use of oil, natural gas and coal, but ran into strong opposition from the Saudi-led Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which argued that the world can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cause the greenhouse effect without avoiding specific fuels.
This battle led to the extension of the conference until today.
After reaching this agreement, countries take responsibility for compliance through national policies and investments.
The deal calls for “transition away from fossil fuel energy systems in a fair, orderly and equitable manner (…) to achieve net zero (emissions) by 2050 in agreement with science”.
He also asks forreplicating the potential of renewable energy sources worldwide by 2030accelerating efforts to reduce carbon and accelerating technologies such as carbon capture and storage that can “clean up” industries that are difficult to decarbonize.
Source: Skai
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