{"id":135595,"date":"2024-11-25T07:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/five-key-takeaways-from-cop29-climate-talks\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T07:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:45:13","slug":"five-key-takeaways-from-cop29-climate-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/five-key-takeaways-from-cop29-climate-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Five key takeaways from COP29 climate talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135595\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>COP29 is over, with developing countries complaining that the $300bn (about \u00a3240bn) a year in climate finance they will receive by 2035 is a &#8220;paltry sum&#8221;. Many of the rich country voices at the UN&#8217;s climate conference were amazed that developing nations were unhappy with what on the surface seems a huge settlement. It is an improvement &#8211; on the current contribution of $100bn (\u00a379.8bn) a year. However, the developing world, which had pushed for more, had many genuine issues with the final sum.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A massive deal, but bitter divisions remain<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThere were complaints it simply was not enough and that it was a mixture of grants and loans. And countries were deeply annoyed by the way the wealthy waited until the last minute to reveal their hand. \u201cIt&#8217;s a paltry sum,&#8221; India&#8217;s delegate Chandni Raina told other delegates, after the deal had been gavelled through. &#8220;This document is little more than an optical illusion. This, in our opinion, will not address the enormity of the challenge we all face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>COP itself is on the ropes<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nShepherding 200 countries to an intricate deal on climate finance was always going to be a tough task. But for hosts Azerbaijan, a country with no real history of involvement in the COP process, it proved to be almost beyond them. The country\u2019s president, Ilham Aliyev, did not help matters by describing oil and gas as a &#8220;gift from God&#8221;. His blunt attacks &#8211; accusing &#8220;Western fake news media&#8221;, charities and politicians of &#8220;spreading disinformation&#8221; &#8211; did not improve matters. Azerbaijan follows Egypt and the United Arab Emirates as the third authoritarian state in a row to host COP, raising concerns about how host countries are selected.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The quiet ascent of China<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWith the role of the US in future climate talks in doubt because of Trump, attention shifted to who might become the real climate leader in the expected absence of the US over the next four years. The natural successor is China. The world\u2019s largest carbon emitter was largely silent at this year&#8217;s COP, only showing its hand to give details for the first time on the amount of climate finance it gives to developing countries.China is still defined by the United Nations as a &#8220;developing&#8221; country, meaning it has no formal obligation to cut greenhouse gas emissions or provide financial help to poorer countries.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8216;Trump-proofing&#8217; the climate<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nAlthough he was not there, Trump\u2019s presence was felt across COP. One common element among the negotiators in Baku was the need to ensure that a second Trump administration would not upend years of careful climate negotiations. So it was no surprise to see that richer nations wanted to commit to raising funding by 2035. They believe putting that date will allow the US to contribute again once Trump has left office. Similarly, the drive to increase the contributor base was done with Trump in mind. Bringing China to the table, even in a voluntary capacity, will be used to show that it is worth engaging in international forums like COP.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Campaigners become more vocal<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nOne very noticeable trend at COP29 was the sometimes more aggressive stance taken by many environmental NGOs and campaigners. I witnessed it myself when US climate envoy John Podesta was chased out a meeting area with chants of \u201cshame\u201d ringing in his ears. Many developing countries rely on these NGOs for support in dealing with complex events like COP.<\/p>\n<p>We will have to wait for the next COP to see.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp35rrvv2dpo\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp35rrvv2dpo\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/five-key-takeaways-from-cop29-climate-talks\/\">Five key takeaways from COP29 climate talks<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[17056,555],"class_list":["post-135595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-cop29-climate-talks","tag-csr-news-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}