In a post on social media, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, emphasizes the need to ‘keep the 1.5ºC limit within our reach’
The president of , , celebrated this Sunday (23) the agreement reached in as “a global agreement to maintain the 1.5oC limit within our reach and abandon fossil fuels”, despite the final document not mentioning them, as demanded by the Europeans.
“The great efforts of the EU (European Union) contributed to reaching an agreement at COP30 held in . Now we count on a global agreement to maintain the 1.5ºC limit within our reach and abandon fossil fuels”, said the European leader through a message on social media.
The countries gathered at the climate summit in Belém approved this Saturday (22) by consensus a final document that does not contain explicit reference to fossil fuels, despite insistence from the EU and countries like Colombia, although it calls for increasing the ambition of actions to combat global warming.
After intense negotiations that lasted throughout the night, the explicit reference was left out of the text due to the Arab countries’ resounding refusal to talk about the topic, although the decisions taken at other COPs are generally recognized.
In one of them, COP28 in Dubai in 2023, the need for a “transition” to leave fossil fuels behind was established for the first time.
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra acknowledged before the plenary vote that the text is not “ambitious” as they would like, but that it was a step “in the right direction”.
In a statement, the European Executive added that the EU and its Member States will be part of an alliance of more than 80 countries, led by Brazil, “for the transition towards abandoning fossil fuels”.
“The parties also agreed to accelerate the implementation of the Just Transition pathways towards the 1.5oC objective. These pathways recognize the importance of human rights, labor rights, gender equality, as well as inclusive stakeholder participation and social dialogue”, highlighted the European statement.
In general, the COP30 text recognizes that climate change “is a common concern for humanity” and reaffirms the countries’ commitment to the Paris Agreement and the goal of limiting the increase in temperatures to 1.5oC.
The EU statement mentions the creation of a new “global implementation accelerator” will provide a global response to the mitigation gap and accelerate implementation across all sectors to keep 1.5oC within reach.”
Von der Leyen added in her message that the community bloc “will stay the course in its global leadership work. Starting with the shared task of applying the global ‘Mutirão’ roadmaps for climate action.”
In turn, the President of the European Council, António Costa, congratulated President Luiz Inácio da Silva on the agreement, highlighting that it “demonstrates once again that multilateralism works” and that “this is clearly a step in the right direction”.
See Ursula von der Leyen’s post:
Strong EU efforts helped to secure a deal at COP30 in Belém!
We now have a global agreement to keep the 1.5c limit within reach and transition away from fossil fuels.
The EU will stay the course in providing global leadership.
Starting with the shared task of implementing the…
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen)
*With information from EFE
Published by Nícolas Robert
