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COP26: warming could be limited to 1.8 degrees Celsius

2021-11-05T01:48:51.858Z


Global warming could be limited to 1.8 degrees Celsius if COP26 commitments are met, according to the International Energy Agency.


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This Thursday was the day dedicated to energy at COP26 in Glasgow, and there were some pretty significant announcements about the end of coal and the financing of fossil fuels.

This is what happened on the fourth day of the climate summit.

COP26 commitments could limit warming to 1.8 degrees Celsius

Scientists say temperature rise should not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and the goal of COP26 is to keep that goal within reach.

The International Energy Agency reported Thursday that warming could be limited to 1.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if all commitments agreed to by Wednesday night at COP26 were met on time.

This is important news for COP26, as the UN reported in September that the planet is heading towards a rise of 2.7 degrees Celsius.

This analysis took into account the commitments made by the countries before COP26, but not the most recent advances.

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"The result is extremely encouraging," said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol at a COP26 event.

"If all of the methane and carbon neutral promises were fully met, we would have a 1.8 Celsius temperature rise trajectory. This is excellent."

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'Historical advance'

Twenty countries agreed to end funding for fossil fuel projects abroad in a deal announced Thursday.

Several countries had already agreed to end international financing of coal, but this agreement is the first of its kind to also include oil and gas.

The strength of the deal will depend on the number of countries that eventually sign it, and whether it gets some of the world's biggest fossil fuel funders to join.

"This is a historic breakthrough that would not have been possible a few years ago," Iskander Erzini Vernoit, a climate finance expert at the E3G think tank, told CNN.

"This group of leading countries shows how fast energy rules are changing."

Jake Schmidt, strategic director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the agreement "will help drive the transition to renewables," but also noted that President Joe Biden still has work to do to make sure the United States is fully on board.

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Key players outside the coal deal

The UK government announced on Thursday that 23 new countries have pledged to phase out coal-fired power, but some of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters have so far rejected a pledge to phase out the use of coal.

COP26 President Alok Sharma said that an agreement on the phase-out of coal is one of the main objectives of the summit.

China, India and the United States did not sign the Declaration of Global Transition from Coal to Clean Energy.

The new commitments bring the total number of signatories to 46, and include some large coal users such as Indonesia, Ukraine and South Korea.

The targets fall short of what experts, including the IEA, say is necessary to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Net zero emissions can be achieved if countries reduce current greenhouse gas emissions and they also remove some of those already in the atmosphere, so that the net addition is zero.

Developing countries need more funds to adapt

The gap between the impacts of the climate crisis and the world's efforts to adapt is widening, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

The annual report on the "adaptation gap," released Thursday, revealed that the estimated costs of adapting to the worst effects of rising temperatures in low-income countries (such as droughts, floods and rising sea levels) ) are five to 10 times the amount of money currently flowing to those regions.

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In addition to committing to limit global warming, in the 2015 Paris Agreement the governments of rich countries reaffirmed their commitment to contribute US $ 100 billion a year to the poorest nations so that they can move away from the use of fossil fuels and adapt to disasters fueled by climate change.

This is because developing nations, especially those in the southern hemisphere, are the ones most likely to suffer the worst effects of the climate crisis, despite the small amount they contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions.

But rich countries are not delivering on their original promise, and the promise has not kept pace with the impacts of the climate crisis.

Activists call for police to let them demonstrate

On the sidelines of the negotiations, activists are urging Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon to intervene in what they say is a heavy police presence in Glasgow.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, three groups - COP26 Coalition, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and Climate Coalition - claim that "the disproportionately high number of deployed officers, combined with intrusive police surveillance" is creating "an atmosphere of fear and intimidation. and an unacceptable chilling effect on the right to protest. "

CNN contacted Sturgeon's office, but received no immediate response.

The call comes ahead of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, which will be held on Saturday and will attract large numbers of protesters in Glasgow and around the world.

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A protester disguised as a tree participates in the demonstration organized by Extinction Rebellion on November 3, 2021, while the third full day of climate negotiations will be held inside the COP26 venue.

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Masked activists representing some world leaders, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, take part in a demonstration on the theme of the "Squid Game" near the Scottish Event Campus, headquarters of COP26 in Glasgow, on November 2, 2021 (Credit: Andy Buchanan / AFP / Getty Images)

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Many groups have taken to the streets to demand real commitments from governments to reduce carbon emissions.

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"How many police officers does it take to stop climate chaos?" Says this banner making a pun on the name of the English conference, the COP, carried by members of the Extinction Rebellion movement during a protest in Glasgow on 3 May. November.

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Oxfam also organized a protest in which protesters wore world leaders' masks.

They can be seen here in front of the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art on November 1.

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An activist from the Ocean Rebellion group 'vomits oil' during a demonstration in front of the INEOS refinery plant and petrochemical center in Grangemouth, Scotland, as COP26 takes place on November 2, 2021. (Credit: Ben Stansall / AFP via Getty Images)

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An LED lighting installation by the Still / Moving arts collective projects a message across the River Clyde for delegates attending COP26 on November 3, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland.

"There are no new worlds," he says.

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Instead of ghostbusters, this protester masquerades as "greenwasher hunter", a term that names people, governments and companies who deceive by claiming that they have a commitment to the environment that they do not really have.

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Members of the Red Rebel Brigade, an international artist company, join activists from the Extinction Rebellion group as they demonstrate outside the JP Morgan offices in Glasgow on November 2, 2021. (Credit: Andy Buchanan / AFP / Getty Images)

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The protests began before the leaders' interventions.

In this image, Ocean Rebellion activists hold a protest against bottom trawling near the COP26 venue on October 31.

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The activists are calling on Sturgeon to ensure that the Scottish police are committed to protecting their right to protest and not using excessive force or targeting "organizers to stop" them, especially people of color and people with disabilities.

"As we draw ever closer to climate catastrophe and negotiators determine the fate of billions of people around the world, it is absolutely vital that civil society movements in Scotland, the UK and around the world are able to make your voice heard on the streets of Glasgow, "Mary Church said in a statement on behalf of the COP26 Coalition.

"However, the police are using intimidation tactics and abusing their powers to suppress the fundamental right to peaceful protest."

The European Union expresses concerns against reparation payments

The European Union does not like the idea of ​​climate repairs, one of the great themes of COP26.

Many of the world's least developed and small island countries are pushing for "loss and damage" to be financed, calling for compensation for the hardships that climate change has already caused to their populations.

Countries say this should be in addition to the $ 100 billion a year in funding for adaptation and mitigation committed.

When asked by CNN about the EU's position on this matter, the European Commission's chief negotiator on climate, Jacob Werksmon, said that the Paris Agreement "is not a regime on liability and redress."

"It is not intended to be a means by which countries negotiate what a country should, in theory, pay in other countries based on what they are experiencing in terms of impacts," he said, adding that the EU "recognizes" that the disproportionate impact of climate change on least developed countries "is a very, very legitimate concern."

Ella Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez contributed to this report.

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