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COP29 was all about the money

2024/11/25
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Hannah Gelbart 概述了COP29 的主要议题是资金问题,最终达成了3000亿美元的协议,但一些国家,特别是印度,对这一结果表示强烈不满,认为资金数额太少,无法应对气候变化的挑战。 Georgina Rannard 详细介绍了COP29 的谈判过程,指出发展中国家寻求的资金远高于最终承诺的数额,并且对协议中关于减少化石燃料使用的措辞表达了不满。她还提到了美国大选和特朗普的气候怀疑论立场对谈判的影响,以及发展中国家代表团的集体退场事件,这凸显了全球地缘政治联盟的脆弱性。 Anushka Jain 和 Samuel Mue 作为气候活动家,表达了对COP29 结果的失望,他们认为年轻一代被边缘化,没有实际权力,却要承担气候变化带来的主要负担。他们强调气候变化对全球南方国家的影响是切实的,关乎他们的生存,发达国家对发展中国家的债务不仅仅是慈善,而是理应给予的补偿。他们还指出,将气候行动推迟到下一届COP是不负责任的,因为全球南方国家迫切需要资金,而财富差距正在扩大。 Jordan Dunbar 从积极的方面总结了应对气候变化的三个成功案例:太阳能、风能和电动汽车的快速发展,但他也强调需要加快全球范围内的气候行动。 他们认为,发达国家应该为其历史排放承担更多责任,并提供足够的资金帮助发展中国家适应和减缓气候变化的影响。他们还批评了协议中关于逐步淘汰化石燃料的承诺不够强硬,认为这不足以应对气候危机的紧迫性。他们呼吁发达国家采取更强有力的行动,并确保发展中国家能够获得必要的资金和技术支持,以应对气候变化带来的挑战。

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The COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, focused on funding for climate change mitigation and adaptation. While a $300 billion annual deal was reached, several countries, including India, voiced dissatisfaction, citing insufficient funds and weak commitments to phasing out fossil fuels. The summit's location in oil-rich Azerbaijan and the influence of the upcoming US presidential election also added complexity to the negotiations.
  • COP29 focused on funding for climate change
  • $300 billion annual deal reached but considered insufficient by some nations
  • Weak commitments to phasing out fossil fuels
  • Azerbaijan's oil-rich economy and the US election influenced negotiations

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The annual United Nations climate change conference ended on Sunday but not everybody was happy. This year, the main focus was on getting richer countries, who have contributed more to climate change, to pay poorer, developing countries so that they can better deal with the impacts of climate change.

COP29 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the talks were meant to end on Friday. The negotiations ran over into the weekend and a deal for $300 billion was finally agreed on Sunday at 3am.

However, the African Group of Negotiators described the final pledge as "too little, too late" and India said that “the amount that is proposed to be mobilised is abysmally poor. It's a paltry sum.”

BBC climate reporter Georgina Rannard was in Baku and takes us through the final deal. Georgina also speaks with two climate activists who were campaigning at COP29.

Plus, Jordan Dunbar from the BBC’s Climate Question podcast gives us three success stories of how climate change is being tackled around the world.

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