Sultan bin Ahmed Al-Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and President-designate of the Conference of the Parties (COP28), and Simon Steel, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, stressed the need for the G20 countries to play a leading role in climate action efforts, especially in the two issues. Adaptation and mitigation.
This came in a joint statement issued by the two sides, yesterday, on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 in Chennai, Republic of India, during which they called on the countries of the group to intensify work in order to reach positive results and outputs regarding the issue of mitigation during the “COP28” conference hosted by the UAE after 125 days.
The statement indicated that the scientific facts confirm the need to reach tangible results on the issue of mitigation during COP28, which contribute to a significant reduction in emissions, and benefit from the progress made in previous conferences of the parties.
The statement also called on the G20 to play a leading role in efforts in this field on scientific and fair grounds, paving the way for achieving effective and tangible results that allow developing countries to lay the necessary foundations for achieving a rational, gradual, responsible and just transition in the energy sector.
The statement stressed the need to intensify joint collective action, and take the necessary steps to accelerate the natural and expected reduction in the use of conventional fuels in a responsible, practical and deliberate manner, and work to build an energy system free of fossil fuels by the middle of the current century, simultaneously with ensuring energy security and promoting economic and social development. sustainable. The two parties also reaffirmed the need to triple the production capacity of renewable energy sources, and to double energy efficiency across all economic sectors by 2030.
The “Group of 20 Ministerial Meeting on Transition in the Energy Sector”, which was held last week in the Indian state of Goa, discussed the issue of transition in the energy sector and the alignment of current courses of action with the Paris goals, without its outputs including a clear reference to the need to achieve a responsible global transition. logical, practical and fair in the energy sector, expanding reliance on renewable and clean energy sources, and gradually reducing the use of conventional fuels in a responsible, practical and thoughtful manner.
In their statement yesterday, the two parties expressed their hope that the cooperation and progress achieved by the Group of 20 will lead to decisive outcomes during COP28, in response to the results of the global outcome, and by benefiting from the “Just Transition Action Program in the Energy Sector”, which was launched at the COP27 conference. This is to ensure that the transition in the energy sector is responsible, logical and just, that it includes everyone, leaves no one behind, and is able to support developing countries in the development challenges they face.
The two sides also called on the G20 countries to enhance their focus on adopting a comprehensive and decisive framework for the global goal on adaptation, and to activate the Loss and Damage Fund and its financing arrangements, to ensure a people-centered approach in all climate action decisions, and stressed the need to urgently double financing for adaptation.
The statement pointed out the need for the G-20 to confirm its commitment to activating the Loss and Damage Treatment Fund and its financing arrangements, noting that the criterion and indicator of ambition is to provide support to the communities most vulnerable to the repercussions of climate change at the time they need it and not after five years, stressing that the G-20 needs to express Tangible indications of its ability to help communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, especially in least developed countries and small island developing states.
On the need to provide more climate financing on concessional terms and at an appropriate cost for developing countries to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda, the two parties stressed the need for a radical change in climate financing arrangements to provide it to the required extent, develop its mechanisms and work system, and support attracting private financing at unprecedented levels.
The two parties also called on the G20 countries to give priority to urgently updating their commitments, whether related to nationally determined contributions, national plans for adaptation, or climate financing, including a significant increase in contributions allocated to replenishing the resources of the “Green Climate Fund”, in line with the goals of the agreement. Paris.
At the end of the statement, the two parties stressed that the Chennai meeting should provide clear indications of possessing the political will to embark on the right path to address the repercussions of climate change and launch a new phase of development, especially with the imminent launch of the “COP28” activities. And they stressed that “the results of the meeting should bring us closer to the desired goal, and that there is an urgent need to unite the efforts of world leaders and focus on work and achievement, and for the G20 to set an example in this field.”
• Al-Jaber and Steele expressed their hope that the cooperation and progress achieved by the Group of 20 will lead to decisive outcomes during COP28.
• Scientific facts confirm the need to reach tangible results regarding mitigation during COP28.
2023-07-27 22:05:41
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