BONN: UN climate chief Simon Stiell urged countries on Thursday to accelerate negotiations ahead of the COP30 in Brazil as there was a lot left to be done.
\nSpeaking after two weeks of technical talks in Bonn, Stiell closed the annual climate diplomacy event saying: \u201cWe need to go further, faster, and fairer.\u201d
\nBonn is home to the UN Climate Change Secretariat, which coordinates international climate policy and hosts preparatory talks each year ahead of climate summits.
\n\u201cI\u2019m not going to sugar coat… we have a lot more to do before we meet again in Belem,\u201d he said.
\nCOP30 is due to be held on November 10-21 in the Amazonian city which is the capital of Para state.
\nAt last year\u2019s UN COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, rich nations agreed to increase climate finance to $300 billion a year by 2035, an amount decried as woefully inadequate.
\nAzerbaijan and Brazil, which is hosting this year\u2019s COP30 conference, have launched an initiative to reduce the shortfall, with the expectation of \u201csignificant\u201d contributions from international lenders.
\nThis year\u2019s COP comes as average global temperatures in the past two years have exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius benchmark set under the Paris climate accord a decade ago.
\n\u201cThere is so much more work to do to keep 1.5 alive, as science demands. We must find a way to get to the hard decisions sooner,\u201d Stiell said.
\nUnder the Paris Agreement, wealthy developed countries \u2014 those most responsible for global warming to date \u2014 are obliged to pay climate finance to poorer nations.
\nOther countries, most notably China, make voluntary contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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