A United Nations report paves the path ahead for COP28 taking place in the UAE in December
Avoid catastrophe: Climate activists demonstrate in front of the New York headquarters of Black Rock, a leading fossil fuel company. A new report notes that carbon emissions must stop within two years.
But the UN report calls for the phasing out of fossil fuels, which may cause controversy with oil producing countries such as the United Arab Emirates which is hosting COP28.It was seen as a landmark climate change convention because countries made real, concrete plans and promises to lower carbon emissions. These are called nationally determined contributions and the UN describes them as “efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change”.
“The global stocktake will end up being just another report unless governments and those that they represent can look at it and ultimately understand what it means for them and what they can and must do next. It’s the same for businesses, communities and other key stakeholders,” he said. The report highlighted that it is absolutely critical to rapidly decarbonise but it also states that “rapid change can be disruptive”. It called for a focus on inclusion and equity.To get greenhouse gas emissions down to zero there must be transformation across all sectors and industries.
The ability to adapt to harsh climate change is crucial and countries need to be empowered to do so. The report’s last key finding was that clean technologies must be made available for developing countries which need them in the move to decarbonising.
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