The Critics Rave!! CRAP 29 "One Of The Most Poorly Led And Chaotic Meetings Ever"
Talks have not yet finished, but already the first Cop29 post-mortem report has rolled in – and it is a bleak analysis.
Mohamed Adow, director of the climate and energy think tank Power Shift Africa, has described this year’s UN climate summit as “one of the most poorly led and chaotic Cop meetings ever”. And he lays the blame squarely at the feet of Azerbaijan, the oil and gas rich autocracy that this year hosted the talks. His comments come as negotiations are deadlocked, with no sign of a compromise between the demands of the developing world and the willingness of the wealthy nations to meet them.
Adow says developing nations need to be ready to walk away without a deal if the package on offer does not improve. In comments sent in to the Guardian, he said:
"This COP presidency is one of the worst in recent memory and he is overseeing one of the most poorly led and chaotic COP meetings ever. COP summits are a delicate and precious thing, they require skill and determination in order to progress global climate action and land a successful deal. We only have a matter of hours remaining to save this COP from being remembered as a failure for the climate and embarrassment for the rich world.
We need Mukhtar Babayev to get his act together, push countries to actually deliver a global finance goal that will keep alive the target of limiting global heating to 1.5C and not let the world’s developed countries wriggle out of paying their climate debt. The way this COP is going, developing countries are going to have to prepare themselves to walk away from COP29 if the package on the table doesn’t improve. It can and must improve, otherwise no deal.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2024/nov/22/cop-29-live-poor-countries-may-have-to-compromise-on-climate-funding-says-former-un-envoy