‘Lack of trust’ between China-backed nations and West stymies UN climate talks - South China Morning Post
UN climate talks: ‘lack of trust’, funding stymie progress between China-backed nations and West | South China Morning Post
Participants pictured at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, on June 8. Rising tensions between the parties involved have affected plans for accelerated action on climate change. Photo: AP
UN climate talks: ‘lack of trust’, funding stymie progress between China-backed nations and West
- Negotiations in Bonn were dominated by arguments over who should be responsible for financing a ‘just transition’ to a clean energy-powered economy
- Bickering over a loss-and-damage fund and mitigation work reveal ‘fundamental geopolitical fault lines’ affecting plans to accelerate climate action
Participants pictured at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, on June 8. Rising tensions between the parties involved have affected plans for accelerated action on climate change. Photo: AP
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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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