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Delegates gather for a United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday, September 9, 2018. The six-day meeting in Bangkok failed in its goal of completing productive preparations. Paris Agreement on Climate Change. (AP Photo / Kaweewit Kaewjinda)
BANGKOK – An international meeting in Bangkok has not achieved its goal of completing the successful preparations for reaching an agreement in December on the guidelines for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Change climate change for 2015.
The six-day meeting, which ended on Sunday, was expected to accelerate progress in tackling rising global carbon emissions by adopting a comprehensive text that could be presented at the COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland, in three months.
One of the main objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement, to which 190 countries adhere, is to limit the increase in global temperature from 2100 to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and as close as possible 1.5 degrees. island nations threatened by rising seas. But the lack of guidelines to achieve this goal has raised fears that the measures taken are not sufficient.
There have been significant disagreements on the equitable financing of the implementation of the rules by developing countries and the technical details of their reporting on progress.
Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said at the closing press conference of the Bangkok meeting Sunday that progress has been made on most issues but nothing is happening. had been finalized.
The meeting was attended by representatives of most of the countries party to the Paris Agreement, as well as the United States, who announced their withdrawal from the pact.
Espinosa said that there was "limited progress" on the issue of contributions from developed countries to developing countries, adding that she "hopes" that future discussions will be productive due to the fact. importance of the problem.
"Negotiators have been stranded in Bangkok," said Alden Meyer, director, "on the fundamental issues of forward-looking climate finance and the degree of flexibility of developing countries with regard to the obligations of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a group of activists based in the United States.
"It is now up to the new Presidency and the Polish authorities to lead negotiations to find ways to overcome the deep differences on these issues and to reach an agreement in Katowice on a comprehensive set of rules for the implementation of the Convention. Paris Agreement ".
Harjeet Singh, Climate Policy Officer of ActionAid International, said on Sunday that a key component of the Paris agreement is that rich countries provide financial assistance to developing countries in the fight against natural disasters caused by climate change. climate change.
But he said the rich and developed countries "led by the United States and especially countries like Australia, Japan and even the European Union" refused to show "how much money they were going to provide and how it was going to count oneself ".
Advocacy for developing countries was led at the meeting by China, said Meyer, but was also supported by other countries, including India, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia .
Activists have criticized Washington's lobbying at the meeting, particularly because President Donald Trump has announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Pact, which was strongly encouraged by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
"The United States has announced its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement but is still negotiating as a party, weakening international cooperation by not contributing to the financing and transfer of technology to developing countries," said Meena Raman. statement sent by email.
Climate change is a polarizing issue in the United States, and some states and local communities have announced policies supporting the Paris agreement.
Thousands of governors, mayors, business leaders and civil society leaders are expected to meet this week in San Francisco for the World Summit on Climate Action.
