Big polluting countries face pressure from smaller nations to show serious commitment to fighting climate change as negotiators battle at UN summit
EU Executive Vice-President in charge of the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans poses with ministers and envoys from the High Ambition Coalition during the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, December 13, 2019.
“The fate of the Paris Agreement is in the balance,” said Andrew Norton, director of the International Institute for Environment and Development, a London-based think tank. After two weeks of talks in Madrid, held after months of preparation, ministers were holed up in small groups attempting to break deadlocks over financial aid for states at most risk from climate change, and rules governing carbon markets.
“We’ve had 25 years of talks and the only thing that really matters is global emissions are still rising,” said Tim Crosland, a prominent member of Extinction Rebellion, a civil disobedience campaign, after meeting officials at the talks. Observers said the US delegation repeated a pattern seen at past talks of blocking progress toward ensuring poor countries can secure compensation for climate-related losses.
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