Starting this Monday, the smell of oil that dominated last year’s United Nations climate conference in Baku, the capital of the hydrocarbon-producing nation, will be replaced by the thick, humid air of the Amazon. Azerbaijan. 50,000 participants gathered in the Brazilian city of Belem, COP30 begins its work with the mission of averting the collapse of global cooperation in the face of climate change.
president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Despite the lack of hotel infrastructure and the logistical challenges faced by the organization, it insisted on holding the summit in the heart of the Amazon jungle. “It would be easier to hold the COP in a rich country,” he declared in August. “We want people to see the real situation of forests, rivers, and the people who live there.” he said.
The president wants negotiators, observers, businessmen and journalists to feel up close the effects of climate change in areas where residents walk carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from the scorching morning sun and heavy afternoon rain.
he Amazonare considered the planet’s vital lungs due to their ability to absorb greenhouse gases, but they face multiple threats. Deforestation, illegal mining, environmental pollution, drug trafficking, and rights violations against local and indigenous communities..
Despite the intense diplomacy Brazil deployed last year, organizing the event is proceeding with difficulties. Sources said many pavilions remained under construction until Sunday.
“From a logistics perspective, there are major concerns about whether everything will be ready in time.” he pointed out. AFP Sources close to the United Nations. “Worried about connectivity, microphones, and even having enough food?” he added.
Beyond preparation, the biggest uncertainty lies in the content of the negotiations. It’s whether the world can work together to respond to new and catastrophic predictions about global warming.
The delegation is seeking to avoid new conflicts between rich and developing countries and define how to finance the rebuilding of countries hit by natural disasters. Jamaicadevastated by one of the most powerful hurricanes of the century in October, or Philippineswas hit by two deadly typhoons within 15 days.
Another central point is “Roadmap” for fossil fuels Lula announced this at a summit meeting on Thursday. Since the world agreed to begin a phased exit from oil in Dubai in 2023, the energy industry and oil producing countries have redoubled their pressure to influence the process.
“How do we do it? Can there be agreement on how to do that?” he said Andre Aranja Correa do LagoBrazilian Chairman of COP30. “This is one of the big mysteries of COP30” he added on Sunday.
For 30 years, signatories to the agreement have United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeAdopted in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, it has met annually to strengthen the international climate change regime.
The biggest result of this process is 2015 Paris Agreementcommitted countries to limit global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to strive to keep it below 1.5°C.
Despite political setbacks, the conference continued during the first term of the U.S. president. donald trump.
However, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterresadmitted in recent weeks that it isunavoidableRequires a threshold of 1.5°C to be exceeded andbe as concise as possible”.
To achieve this, countries will need to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from burning oil, gas and coal.
A group of small island states is calling for a response to this failure to be included on the summit’s formal agenda. “1.5 degrees is not just a number or a goal, it is a lifeline“He emphasized Manjeet DhakalAdvisor to the Least Developed Countries Block. “We cannot take part in any decision that will be discussed if we cannot achieve 1.5 degrees Celsius,” he said.
For the first time in the history of these conferences, united states of americaIt is the world’s largest economy and the world’s second largest emitter of polluting gas. Not officially participating.
Still, Trump was not unaware of the incident. On Sunday, he posted on his social networks that he was “scandal” said that trees near Belém would be cut down to build a new road. fox news.
(From AFP information)
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