The major countries ignore the dates of their pledges on facing climate change

In light of the high temperatures to unprecedented levels, as well as the strong floods that have swept many regions, the United Nations continues to motivate and remind countries of decisive action and provide new plans at the national level to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

But with the approaching date approaching the beginning of next week to present these plans, it was found that the major polluting countries are ready.

These plans, which are known as “the contributions that are determined at the national level”, are among the main pillars of the Paris climate agreement.

These countries are supposed to review and improve their plans every five years and present them again.

However, the failure of the major countries to fulfill the final dates of their pledges towards the climate change crisis, once again highlights the fragility of the international system to address the worsening crisis, which depends on voluntary initiatives.

Retreat

Political transformations towards the extremist right in some democratic countries contribute to the decline in the priorities of the climate issue, and international climatic summits have become more divided, which reflects the lack of confidence between the rich and poor countries.

Although the United States is the largest historical greenhouse producer, it withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, and stopped most of the funds for combating climate change, which created a vacuum in global leadership in the face of this complex crisis.

The United States had made a climate plan, but it came a few weeks before the end of the period of former President Joe Biden, which raised questions about its feasibility.

“The crisis of living costs and multiple wars in the world has reduced the focus on the climate crisis, which made it retreat to a lower position than that it deserves And it is disappointing, ”adding:“ The climate crisis will not end alone by just ignoring it, but it seems that the politicians have become short of consideration at the present time. ”

Emergency

For its part, the Greenpis International Climate Policy, Tracy Carter, asked: “Where is the state of emergency? Some countries that have the largest economies in the world and that produce the largest invasive emissions of climate are not present in the efforts made to solve the climate crisis, “stressing that” there is no time to waste, as not taking any measures to combat climate change costs the world a lot of deaths. “

“It is natural for countries to face difficulty in preparing their policies, as plans require fundamental changes.” He added, “It is preferable that countries seriously think about setting strong pledges in the long run instead of making formal pledges.”

High temperature

According to the “Carbon Burff” website, the major countries responsible for 83% of the contaminated gases emissions of the climate have ignored the deadline for their pledges. “The documents that may be submitted by next September can be evaluated later,” the executive secretary of the framework on climate change, said that “the documents that may be submitted by next September can be evaluated later,” but indicated that there are no penalties for those who exceed the specified date. He described the documents as among the most important politically that governments will submit in this century.

“More than 170 countries are working to launch national climate plans, as most of them are expected to be presented later this year.” These plans will cover the next stage, as the United Nations expects emissions to decrease by 60% until 2035, compared to the levels of 2019 to achieve the most ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Convention, but the current track threatens to raise global temperatures between 2.6 and 3.1 degrees Celsius.

“Global Leader”

The European Union described itself as a “global leader” in climate issues, but it was late due to negotiations that lasted for several months, followed by the European parliamentary elections last June, while China is one of the most important countries in climate plans due to the volume of its emissions.

Given the size of this large country and its manufacturing level, the process of reducing pollutants in China will be very important for the global path, as China is still burning more than the coal more than the rest of the world together.

“The work on the new climate pledges is continuing, and it will be presented on the appropriate date,” said a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Minister recently. On the “Washington Post”

. Political transformations towards the extreme right in democratic countries shrink interest in the climate crisis.

. Expectations of the decrease in emissions 60% until 2035, compared to 2019 levels to achieve the most ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Convention.