World Climate Conference in Dubai goes into extra time
Al-Jaber had announced in the first week of the conference that he wanted to conclude the negotiations "by 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday at the latest" (local time, 08.00 a.m. CET). However, a draft resolution presented on Monday was rejected by many countries, including Germany, as well as the EU. It no longer contained a joint commitment to the global phase-out of all fossil fuels.
The 21-page document only contained a "reduction in both the use and production of fossil fuels". This should be done in a "just, orderly" way to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality "by, before or around 2050", it says. He was "surprised at the lack of ambition", commented one Western negotiator on the draft resolution. A resolution to phase out not only coal but also oil and gas worldwide is opposed in particular by oil states such as Saudi Arabia.
In order to demand more ambitious resolutions, NGOs organized protest actions on the conference grounds on Tuesday. The negotiating delegations continued their talks at many levels during the night and on Tuesday morning. Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens), who is leading the negotiations for the EU in the important area of emissions reduction, declared on Monday evening on behalf of the European Union: "We have time, and we are prepared to stay a little longer."
She had previously criticized the draft resolution as "a disappointment" and "unacceptable". US climate envoy John Kerry called the UN climate conference in Dubai the "last" chance to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
The Paris Agreement provides for global warming to be limited to a maximum of two degrees, but preferably to 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial age. According to current UN calculations, however, the world is heading for a warming of up to around three degrees by the end of the century.
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Source: www.stern.de
