In just under a month, around 200 countries will come together at the next UN climate conference. The EU has now defined clear goals that it would like to represent at the conference.
The EU wants to work at the World Climate Conference to ensure compliance with the 1.5 degree target to limit global warming. The environment ministers of the EU states agreed on this at a meeting in Luxembourg. To this end, among other things, more ambition should be called for in national climate plans, which are to be presented in 2025.
“Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees requires collective efforts and further action from all countries, especially large economies,” the EU said after the conclusion of discussions. The role of nuclear energy is also the focus of the discussions: France and a number of other EU countries are relying on nuclear energy to achieve their climate goals – Germany wants to promote renewable energies more.
Sticking point Climate finance
Plans should include economy-wide and absolute reduction targets that cover all greenhouse gases. The EU also wants to promote agreeing on a new common goal for supporting developing and emerging countries. In so-called climate financing, a broader group of contributors should be included. This would take into account the development of economic capabilities and the share of states in global greenhouse gas emissions since the early 1990s.
The previous climate finance target was agreed by the industrialized countries in 2009. It set out to mobilize 100 billion US dollars annually from 2020 onwards for climate protection and adaptation to climate change in developing countries. The target was confirmed in the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 and extended until 2025. In 2022, the targeted annual amount of $100 billion was reached for the first time. But now the question is what will happen after 2025.
Climate conference in Azerbaijan
The world climate conference COP29 is scheduled to open on November 11th in Azerbaijan's capital Baku and last until November 22nd. Azerbaijan is internationally criticized for human rights violations and the suppression of dissidents and is at the same time an important energy supplier for the states of the European Union.
