It signals a shift towards recognising climate justice (see side-bar). ![]() (Credit Nick Reynard)Īt the eleventh hour, countries reached agreement to establish a new loss and damage fund to protect poorer nations that suffer destructive extreme weather events that destroy communities or cause land to disappear as sea levels rise. Representatived from the United Arab Emirates speak at the closing plenary. Developing countries have for decades called on rich, polluting countries – which are historically responsible for causing Greenhouse Gas Emissions – to provide financial ‘loss and damage’ compensation for vulnerable countries that are experiencing the most harmful impacts of climate change but have done the least to cause it. ![]() Loss and Damage: progressĪction on loss and damage was seen as a make-or-break issue for COP27. This is the starkest example of how poor ambitions are… We require ‘the widest possible international cooperation'," he said. But governments are not on track to achieving this and the planet is currently on a path to heat to between 2.1 and 2.9 degrees, according to a recent UN report.ĬOP27 did not ensure countries set out concrete actions to reduce emissions by half by 2030 and achieve NetZero by 2050 so they can achieve the 1.5☌ target.ĭr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Research Fellow in the Centre for Environmental Policy and Senior Scientist for the IPCC, WGIII TSU, said the COP27 deal "does not exclude fossil fuels like gas, and it only calls for ‘accelerating efforts towards the phasedown of unabated coal power’, which falls considerably short of what needs to be done to limit warming to 2☌, let alone 1.5☌."ĭr Ajay Gambhir, Senior Research Fellow at the Grantham Institute, said that Nationally Determined Contributions (the mechanism countries use to measure their emissions reductions) so far indicate the world to be on track for a 0.3% reduction in emissions by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. This 1.5☌ target was agreed in the 2015 Paris negotiations and reaffirmed at COP26 in Glasgow last year. falls considerably short of what needs to be done to limit warming to 2☌, let alone 1.5☌ Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie Research Fellow in the Centre for Environmental Policy There was stalemate on efforts to further reduce emissions and accelerate action to keep global temperature rises to 1.5☌ above pre-industrial levels so the world avoids more severe climate impacts including heatwaves, flooding, wildfires and hurricanes. Ongoing protests pressure parties to negotiate better deals for cleaner energy (Credit: Reducing emissions: No progress Professor Ralf Toumi, Co-director of the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, labelled COP27 as "a victory of the fossil lobby with no requirement for a peak in emissions in sight" and called for more “promotion of disruptive innovation that displaces their business models". It also failed to change the terms agreed at COP26 in Glasgow on ‘phasing down’ coal to phasing out coal production and use. ![]() fossil fuel phase out: No progressĬOP27 did not set out language explicitly stating the need to phase out gas and oil, because of blocks by oil and gas exporting countries. Many feared this would lead governments to turn inward and be reluctant to step forward on climate ambition.ĭespite this, while there was stagnation on some issues, other routes forward were found. The two weeks of often fraught negotiations between world governments on how to take forward joint international action on the climate crisis, have concluded with the Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan.ĬOP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, took place in the context of an ongoing geopolitical crises, energy security risks and food shortages. Former COP President Alok Sharma speaks at COP27 (Credit: Rory Arnold / No 10 Downing Street)Īs the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) ends, Imperial experts give their thoughts on areas of progress and disappointments.
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