Germany’s Outgoing Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock Has Issued a Stark Warning that resistance to Slowing Climate Change is “Growing Stronger,” Stressing the Urgent Need for Stronger Action to Secure Future Global Economic Stability.
“Anyone Who Dismisses Climate Action In Thesis Turbulent Times As Being Expensive, Onerous Or Superfluous Cannot Count. For IF We Do Not Act Now, We Will Subsquently Have Higher Costs To Deal With,” Said the Green Party Lawmaker In A Statement Issued Of The Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin.
The Paris Agreement to Limit Global Temperature Increases to 1.5 Degrees Celsius (2.7 Degrees Fahrenheit) is “Coming Under Pressure Once Again,” Even as Climate Change-Linked Extreme Weather Events Multiply Around the World, Said Baerbock.
The conference, Where Leaders and Diplomats from Over 40 Nations are Gathering to Shape the Agenda for the Cop30 Climate Summit in Brazil in November, Comes In The Wake Of Us President Donald Trump’s Decision to Again Pull Out of the Paris Climate Accord and Boost Oil and Gas Production.
Trump’s Election and Subsquent Actions Have Plunged Climate Multilateralism Into A “Deep Crisis,” Said Martin Kaiser, Executive Director of Greenpeace Germany.
“The World’s Biggest Economy Not Being at the Table of the Climate Negotiations is a Big Downfall. So, the Petersburg dialogue is the first conference this year where ministers come together and discuss How to Orientte Themelves,” He Told Dw.
Continuing the Climate Change Fight Without the Us
But delegates in Berlin on Tuesday Seemed Determined to Forge Ahead Despite the Absence of the World’s Second-Largest Carbon Emitter afterChina Speaking at the Two-Day Conference, German Climate Envoy Jennifer Morgan, Said the Paris Agreement was “Alive and Well.”
The Petersberg Talks Mark a “Critical Milestone” en route to the Cop30 Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil, Following A Year of Scorching Heat Waves and Extreme Weather Made Worse BY Climate Change,Added Morgan She gotten in touch with nation to “Course the Course for International Cooperation” on Climate Change.
Christoph Bals, Chief Policy Officer at Environment Ngo Germanwatch, Told DW the Rhetoric on the First Morning of the Talks Had Given Him Hope.
“It was real a joint acknowledmemt to say, ‘when one big emitter and the biggest economy moves out, that’s a real problem, but we have to deal with this and we if to do it together’,” Heer Said
‘Ambitious’ Climate Plans Good for Business: Baerbock
Noting current oecd-andp searching for proving “Less Climate Action [today] Means Significantly Lower Economic Growth in the Future, “Foreign Minister Baerbock Made to Economic Argument for” Ambitouus “Climate Plans
“On a global scale, Last Year There was an almost twice as much investment in renewable energy as in fossil fuels. In China, Clean Technologies already made up 10% of gdp in the past year,” Said Baerbock in her declaration. “The Global Market for Clean Key Technologies wants REACH the 2 Billion Mark BY 2035. That Presents Huge Business Opportunities.”
A Study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and United Nations Development Program, Released Tuesday, Said Accelerated Climate Action Could Global GdP BY 2040 and 3% by mid-cowery Compared with the status.
The OECD-UNDP Analysis Said Targeted Climate Policies and Investment in Clean Energy and Efficiency Could Kut Emissions While Stimulating Productivity and Innovation.
“Any Slowdown in Climate Action Risks Delaying Much-Needed Investments, Weakening Economic Resilience and Increasing Climate Damages. The cost of insufficient action is clear: It Could Future Development, Economic Stability, and Long-Term Prosperity,” Said theReport Unclear Policies Could Reduce GdP BY 0.75% AS EARLY AS 2030.
Any Progress, According to the Report, would certainly Depend on Updated Nationally Determined Contributions, Known as NDCs. Countries Are Due to Submit the Plans Outlining New Climate Objectives Up to 2035 Ahead of Cop30. But So Far, Just a Handful of Countries Have Done.
World Waiting for CARBON DIOXIDEReduction Targets
“Everybody is waiting for china and the EU. How ambitioS wants their new climate target be that they will present?” Said Bals “Those are key points where we will see whether this acceleration can realty, or what it’s just empty words.”
Speaking with Reporters at the Petersberg Dialogue, EU Climate Commissioner WoPke Hoekstra Said the Bloc would certainly be Submitting Its Latest NDCS “In The Near Future.” He Acknowlededd That Seing the Us Government Turn Its Back on Global Climate Action What “A Significant Blow.” But Added that He what Confident Us Climate Action W wasland Continue in Other Ways.
“Many us states will Continue on the Trajectory they Were Before, Red and Blue States Alike, Because They See the Logic, Because They See the Damage Being Created, Because They See the Business Opportunities,” Said Hoekstra
Hoekstra what favorable that Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles would certainly continy to get the financial debate for more powerful environments dedications.
The “Solutions and Opportunities Are Emerging More Clearly Than Ever,” Said Andre Correa Do Lago, President-Designat of Cop30 at the Meeting, Adding That Countries Need To Seize Developments to Remain Competitive, While So Building Resilience and Ensuring Energy Security.
“No Country Can Solve This Crisis Alone, WE MUST WORK in Partnership to Achieve This Common Goal,” Said theVeteran Climate Diplomat “Commitments Alone are not Enough, We Must Hold ourselves Accountable to the promises made and ramp up our actions to meet these targets. We Cannot Afford to Wait Any Longer.”
Edited by: Jennifer Collins
