As negotiators from the 194 parties began working on a draft cover text at the UN climate summit in Egypt, India on Saturday called for the Paris Agreement’s long-term goal of “abandoning all fossil fuels”, sources told PTI. phasing in is required.
“Natural gas and oil also emit greenhouse gases. It is not fair to demonize just one fuel,” said a source in the Indian delegation attending the climate talks.
The move paves the way for fierce debate during the second week of talks to be held in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh from November 6 to 18.
Citing the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Indian negotiators told the COP27 Presidency of Egypt that “all fossil fuels need to be phased out” to meet the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement.
The Indian side said, “Selectively singling out sources of emissions, either to label them more harmful or to label them ‘green and sustainable’, even though they are sources of greenhouse gases, has no basis in the best available science.” ”
It must be acknowledged that “all fossil fuels contribute to greenhouse gas emissions”, India said and urged to “accelerate the global clean energy transition according to national circumstances”.
Indian negotiators said the basic principles of shared but distinct responsibilities, equity and nationally set climate commitments under the Paris Agreement “need to be strongly emphasized in the cover decision text”.
He stressed that “we continue to live in an unequal world with huge inequalities in energy use, income and emissions”.
Cover decision talks began on Saturday with countries proposing what they wanted to include in the final deal.
Negotiations at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow last year ended with an agreement on reducing the use of coal unabated, rather than phasing out.
“The fundamentals of true change are really about moving away from hydrocarbons and towards cleaner energy systems,” said Aarti Khosla, director of Climate Trends. The way partnership models are being developed between the US, Germany, the UK and developed countries Some others, it is mainly focusing on reducing dependence on coal in emerging economies. It is a logical path.”
“However, given the complete lack of confidence in negotiations, unfulfilled promises of finance by developed countries and the ongoing energy wars in Europe, India is taking a cautious approach and transition demands, including oil and gas, to Western economies. are too reliant. Unless the vicious cycle of trust deficit is broken, the energy transformation negotiations will yield no result.”
India also wanted countries to “recognize that the global carbon budget is rapidly shrinking and requires equitable sharing”.
The carbon budget is the amount of carbon dioxide the world can emit while still having a chance of controlling global warming to within 1.5°C of pre-industrial levels set by the Paris Agreement.
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