2023-11-25 18:32:26
Five days before the start of the World Climate Conference in Dubai (COP28), this year’s President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber was “cautiously optimistic” regarding the progress of the talks there.
In an interview with the AFP news agency, Al Jaber, who is also industry minister and head of the state oil company ADNOC of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said that there was a “great dynamic” being felt.
“We are making very good progress in the areas of energy, finance, health, nutrition and nature,” said Al Jaber. The founder of the state-owned renewable energy company Masdar said he would like to see an “ambitious result” at COP28. Among other things, he expects the participants to be able to agree on a concrete climate action plan. The COP28 President said he himself would demand accountability from “everyone and every industry” to ensure that the 1.5 degree target set in the Paris Climate Agreement remains within reach.
Seven years have passed since the Paris Agreement, and there is still another seven years until significant progress is made on the ambitious climate goals by 2030. COP28 is therefore a “turning point”. “This is the most consequential COP since Paris. And it is our responsibility to ensure we maximize the goals of COP28.”
The Paris Climate Agreement concluded in 2015 aims to limit global warming to well below two degrees compared to the pre-industrial era, but if possible to 1.5 degrees. However, according to the UN, with current policy it is heading towards plus 2.8 degrees by the end of the century. According to the UN, phasing out all fossil fuels whose emissions cannot be captured or offset is necessary in order to achieve the net zero target by 2050.
Regarding the possible impact of the war between Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas on the climate conference, Al Jaber said: “The world has had enough of polarization and division.” He is “confident that COP28 will be the multilateral platform” to bring good news to the world.
When preparing for the World Climate Conference in his country, he learned that he had to help “build trust and take action by being cooperative and inclusive.”
The 28th World Climate Conference COP28 begins on November 30th in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The future use of fossil energies such as oil, gas and coal will play a major role.
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