Despite the declarations: Representatives of the countries have difficulty reaching an agreement on climate change Israel today

At the end of two weeks of discussions at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, the UN is expected to publish today (Saturday) a third draft of the climate agreement.

The most difficult dispute between the parties was whether rich countries in the developed world should be required to set up an official fund to help poorer countries cope with the effects of the climate crisis.

In addition, countries have not agreed on the avoidance of fossil fuels, emissions reduction targets and how to measure them, coal trade and more.

Some countries want to use their carbon offsets to compensate for some of their emissions reduction commitments, but others fear this will lead to inaccurate data that do not represent real emission reductions.

Also, there are disagreements about how countries should measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions in light of the fact that there are countries that are suspected of incorrectly reporting their emissions, which ostensibly presents lower data than is actually done.

"Need to agree on something historic"

Jennifer Morgan, CEO of Greenpeace International, said the commitments on fossil fuels in the draft are too few. Progress. "

Zero carbon emissions and zero impact on global temperature.

Activists for the environment in Glasgow, Photo: EP

The president of the conference, Aluk Sharma, expressed optimism yesterday and said that an arrangement could be reached as early as Friday afternoon, but that date had passed.

Sharma stated his main goal for the conference is to keep the planet from crossing the 1.5 degree warming threshold and that he strives to keep that target as high as possible.

The big question is how will the states manage to bridge all the gaps between them and the disagreement, after two weeks of discussions.

The window of opportunity is narrowing

This is also the goal as set out in the Paris Agreements and to which the member states have legally committed: to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions so as not to reach the critical warming point of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius or the less optimistic target of 2 degrees Celsius.

This is a goal that, according to all scientists, we are currently unable to meet.

At the moment, the obligations of the Paris Agreement, not to mention compliance with them, are not sufficient at all, and according to the calculations as it is at the moment, by the end of the century, warming of more than 3 degrees is expected.

After 25 UN climate change conferences, the 26th conference is particularly crucial. The latter) a proliferation of natural disasters and unprecedented climatic events. Storms, fires and floods - all of which will reach us at greater intensities.