The 26th United Nations Conference on Climate begins a first turn for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. But, marked by a serious mistrust between North and South, it has not sufficiently responded to the financial needs of vulnerable countries.
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She had been described as a “historic moment” for our destiny, of “decisive summit”, or even “meeting of the last chance”. If the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate (COP26) has failed to form the turn for the humanity of their wishes civil society and scientists, it has generated a first turn to more than efforts in the fight against climate change.
This grand-mass, which brought together around 30,000 people in Glasgow (Scotland), ended Saturday, November 13 with more than a day late. Especially expected as it had been postponed by the health crisis, it succeeded in tearing advances to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to tackle fossil energies, main cause. warming. She also managed to complete the rules of application of the Paris Agreement, pending six years.
On the other hand, the conference, marked by a serious distrust between countries in North and South, has not sufficiently responded to the financial needs of vulnerable countries, on the front line of a climate change that they are not responsible. Due to a blockage of rich countries.
“Keep alive” The objective of not exceeding 1.5 ° C
At a plenary meeting Saturday, most countries, while judging the “imperfect” final decisions and expressing “disappointments”, felt that this “Glasgow climate pact” makes it possible to answer the mandate of the COP : “keep alive” the objective of not exceeding 1.5 ° C of warming compared to the preindustrial era, the most ambitious limit set by the Paris Agreement on the 2015 climate. These decisions contain ” Concrete steps for the future and very clear stages to put us on rails leading to the objectives of the Paris Agreement, “said Alok Sharma, the President of COP26, stressing the difficulty of finding a consensus between 196 countries .
Civil society, for its part, has recognized progress, however still far from responding to the climate urgency. “A COP from Northern Pays, which reflects the priorities of rich countries and has not demonstrated real solidarity,” Regrets Aurore Mathieu, International Policy Manager at the Climate Action Network, deploring its “lack of inclusivity” while the Summit has been extremely difficult for access for representatives of the South, due to exorbitant prices and problems related to vaccines and visas.
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