Laurent Fabius: 'We must remind countries of their climate duties and that these are the very conditions for humanity's survival'
On December 12, 2015, Laurent Fabius, then-president of COP21, finalized the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the first international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 10 years later, as the summit for heads of state at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) opens on Thursday, November 6, in Belem, Brazil, the former foreign affairs minister says he is concerned about the current pushback against climate multilateralism. Appointed by Brasilia as president of the “circle of former COP presidents,” Fabius has outlined the stakes of the event.
What are the goals of COP30? And how will its success be measured?
I would sum up the goal of COP30 with three “I”s: implementation, inclusion and innovation. In Belem, the aim is not to negotiate new, spectacular targets, but to ensure that those already set in recent years are genuinely implemented, particularly the gradual phase-out of fossil fuels and climate funding commitments.
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