About 80% of the 197 nations that signed the Paris Agreement have not yet updated commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming
Just over 80 days to the beginning of the in Belém, about 80% of the 197 countries that signed the Paris Agreement have not yet updated their gases reduction goalswhich cause global warming. The warning was registered by ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, designated president of COP30, in his sixth letter sent to the international community, on Tuesday (19). These goals are called nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
“The parties know how important it is that the UNFCCC [Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas] Receive the NDCs in time to be reflected in the synthesis report. No action is a stronger demonstration of commitment to multilateralism and the climate regime than the NDCs our countries present as a national determination to contribute to the Paris Agreement. First, NDCs are demonstrations of governments’ commitment to their peoples, ”the diplomat wrote in the document.
“As we cross the 100 -day mark before COP30, about four -fifth (4/5) of the members of the Paris Agreement have not yet had new NDCs to 2035,” warned Corrêa Lago. Largest world treaty signed to prevent climatic impacts and limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius (ºC), the Paris Agreement turns ten this year, but nations have failed to fulfill it.
The heating of 1.5 ° C above the average temperature on the earth in the pre-industrial period in the 19th century is considered the limit for the consequences of climate change to be contained. Above that, researchers point out that there may be a “no return point.” By 2035, to stabilize thermometers at this level, it will be necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 57%, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Much of the countries that have not yet presented the NDCs to disclose the goals until September 24, 2025, when a specific event will be held by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, on the banks of the 80th General Assembly of in New York, in the United States.
Anticipation of consultations
The presidency of COP30 also announced on Tuesday the anticipation of consultations for central issues of the conference, which traditionally only occurs during the second week of the event. “To ensure that our work around these issues is strongly grounded in an inclusive, transparent and predictable process, with a view to COP30, I am immediately launching the ‘COP30’s presidency consultations in the period between the sessions of the subsidiary bodies [SBs, da sigla em inglês]In order to achieve advances that would otherwise be for the two weeks of COP, ”said Corrêa Lago.
According to the Brazilian ambassador, consultations in the period between the sessions will be held in coordination with the presidency of COP29 and the presidents of the subsidiary bodies. “In previous COPs, presidency consultations have proven to be an exceptionally effective way of work to address high political profile issues, as well as impasses in technical discussions, ensuring inclusion and transparency. We hope that COP30 presidency consultations will offer space for priorities that are not currently covered by formal agenda items,” said Corrêa Lago.
Consultations should start at preliminary sessions held online in the coming weeks. Then there will be two face -to -face consultations with all negotiating groups and countries. The first will take place on September 25 in New York, at the same time as the city receives the 80th UN General Assembly. And the second is scheduled for October 15 in Brasilia after the high-level ministerial meeting of pre-cup.
At COP30, presidency consultations will be resumed from November 10, 2025. In parallel to consultations, the presidency of COP30 should seek international representatives additional consultations on five fundamental blocks for COP30 results: mitigation, adaptation, means of implementation, fair transition and GST (global balance that evaluates emissions reduction goals every two years).
*With information from Agência Brasil