The United Nations climate agency published this Wednesday (10) a first draft of the political decision that the countries will make at the end of the COP26 summit, which takes place in Glasgow, Scotland.
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries will work from this document to reach a final agreement by Friday (12), the final day of the climate summit.
The “COP closing decision” is being watched closely to determine countries’ commitments to fill the gap between their current climate goals and the more ambitious actions scientists say are needed to avert disastrous levels of global warming.
Goals below expectations
The updates of the countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the COP26 were intended to demonstrate the countries’ greater commitment to the climate emergency, but the goals are still far from what is necessary, said the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) this Tuesday (9).
This is because, even with the update of the NDCs, there will still be an increase of around 13.7% in greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010. To avoid more drastic climate effects, the stipulated target was to cut by 50% emissions by the end of the decade.
The new report takes into account the implementation of the 166 latest available NDCs from all 193 Parties (the signatory countries) of the Paris Agreement. There are 124 new or updated plans communicated by 151 parties. Updates were compiled until the last 2nd of November.
Before COP26, this increase was estimated at 16%.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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