president "cup 30": America’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement will have… "Great effect"
Brazilian diplomat Andre Correa do Lago, the incoming president of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), scheduled to be held in the Brazilian city of Belém, said that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time under President Donald Trump. It will have a "big impact" On efforts to limit global warming.
Correa do Lago explained – in an interview with the British newspaper (Financial Times) – that the exit of the United States may also allow countries such as China, India and Brazil to play a greater role in the most important climate talks. In the world.
He pointed out that the United States’ transformation “will make it very difficult” Limit global warming, and will have a “huge impact on efforts to keep temperature rises below 1.5 degrees Celsius.” However, developing countries can step in to fill the gap. He added: “The countries of the Global South have made tremendous efforts in their countries to contain climate change,” and he cited China, which is constantly making progress to achieve its goals. For example, China will sell a greater number of electric cars this year than internal combustion cars.
Commenting on the news that liberal Argentine President Javier Mele was also considering exiting the Paris Agreement, Correa do Lago told the newspaper that Argentina, despite its freedom to make its own decisions, It may jeopardize its participation in the newly agreed trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries.
He added: “You have to remember that in order to be able to benefit from the EU-Mercosur agreement, you must be a member of The Paris Agreement.
The 65-year-old veteran Brazilian diplomat, who served as ambassador to Japan and India in addition to being Brazil’s main climate negotiator, faces the task of finding ways to bridge the trillion-dollar gap in financing change. Climate change before the 30th Conference of the Parties, which will be held in Belém next November.
Correa do Lago said: “It is very important that we think outside the scope of conventional thinking about climate financing,” citing reports by former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and economist Indian NK Singh on the role of multilateral banks and the G20 expert group on “Green Growth”. He emphasized: “We have to make mainstream investment in favor of climate finance.”
Correa do Lago noted that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was clear about the need for a “just transition.” Away from fossil fuels, which will not increase poverty or harm living standards in a country where many still live below the poverty line.
He stressed that “one of the things we can do in preparation for the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties is to restore confidence in the possibility Combating climate change in a rational way
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