Global Climate Agreement at COP28: Transition Away from Fossil Fuels

2023-12-13 10:14:52

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed on Wednesday December 13 the agreement adopted at COP28 in Dubai, which calls for a “transition away from fossil fuels”, to fight once morest global warming. This is’“an important step” Who “commits the world to a transition without fossil fuels”while calling for “accelerate” the fight once morest global warming. He also congratulated himself on the social network X (ex-Twitter) of the recognition of “key role of nuclear power”, “a first” defended by France, alongside the need for a tripling of renewable energies. Follow our live stream.

Sultan al-Jaber welcomes “historic” agreement. “We have wording on fossil fuels in the final agreement, for the first time”said the Emirati president of this 28th climate conference, Sultan al-Jaber. “We should be proud of this historic success, and the United Arab Emirates, my country, is proud of its role in achieving this”, he declared during the closing plenary session. This is a decision “historic to accelerate climate action”he added.

France satisfied with the mention of nuclear power. The mention of nuclear energy in the agreement concluded on Wednesday in Dubai constitutes a “historic recognition and a diplomatic victory for France”estimated the Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher. “For the first time, the text repeatedly mentions the contribution of nuclear energy to the fight once morest climate change.”

An “ambitious” agreement, according to climatologist François Gemenne. “It’s almost historic. We are still drawing a largely carbon-free future for fossil fuels. I think few would have bet on such an ambitious agreement”reacted on France Inter François Gemenne, climatologist and main author for the 6th IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).

A first text was rejected on Monday. The first draft text proposed by the Emirati presidency on Monday sparked an outcry for failing to call for “sortie” fossil fuels. He only mentioned the “reduction of both consumption and production of fossil fuels”. Several countries and organizations had campaigned for a more ambitious formulation.

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