Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions
“Right now, our people are losing their lives and livelihoods from storms of unprecedented strength which are being powered by warming seas. Our coral reefs, the lifeblood of our islands’ food systems, culture and economies are at a tipping point in dieback. Forest ecosystems are at a tipping point. The window to protect lives and economies is closing.”
While 194 countries argued for more than 12 hours on Friday night over the final details of what should be voluntary and what should be a legally binding commitment as the Cop30 UN climate summit drew to a close, Steven Victor, the environment minister of Palau, tried to remind them of what they were fighting for: people’s lives.
“We are dangerously close to a 1.5C global warming overshoot, driven by the actions of bigger countries,” he said. “Unless we choose the path of course correction right here and now, leaders are dooming our world to disaster.”
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No offense, but so were COP 1-29. It’s important to talk and keep the format going. But everyone that has managed a project knows how difficult it is to get seven people to agree on something. Let alone 57.000 people.
And there is this strange notion that we just need politicians to agree and pass some laws, and climate change is gone. It’s a vastly more difficult problem to solve and it will take EVERYONE to tackle it.
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