COP26: Coal at the heart of the meeting

In fossil fuels, with commitments to limit its production and use oil, του natural gas and his coal, government representatives will focus today on the UN Conference on Climate (COP26) in Glasgow.

The planned communications are aimed at accelerating the countries’ shift to cleaner forms of action, which, according to scientists and world leaders, is necessary in order to drastically reduce greenhouse gases and reduce the effects of climate change.

However, according to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, the commitments are expected to bring the deep gap between rich countries, pushing for an immediate end to fossil fuel use, and poorer, developing countries based on carbon and other fossil fuels for their development.

THE Poland, the Vietnam and the Chile will be among the countries expected to pledge to stop relying on coal for energy production and not to build other such plants by signing a total of 190 countries and organizations an agreement on the removal of fossil fuels.

It is not clear at this time whether this agreement will be signed by countries such as China, the India, the Indonesia and the Turkey, where many coal-fired power plants are under construction. In September, China announced that it would stop funding such factories abroad, but not domestically.

Separately, at least 19 countries are planning to commit to COP26 today to stop state funding of fossil fuel-based projects abroad, according to sources familiar with the matter.

More countries are also likely to join the Beyond Oil and Gas alliance, led by Denmark and Costa Rica.

The main objective of the discussions at COP26 is to secure commitments from states to reduce greenhouse gases – mainly coal, oil and gas – to such an extent as to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. in relation to the pre-industrial era.

How these commitments will be implemented is still under consideration, especially in developing countries.

Coal burning generates about 37% of the world’s electricity, while cheap, abundant local production means that coal dominates electricity generation in many countries, including South Africa, Poland and India.

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