July 28 (UPI) — The G20 nations failed to reach an agreement on climate policy during their recent meeting, despite the world facing record-breaking temperatures attributed to human-induced climate change.
The G20 Environment and Climate Minister’s Meeting released a lengthy document outlining commitments to pursue environmentally sustainable and inclusive economic growth and development.
The document, however, acknowledged the absence of any substantial agreements that address the current climate crisis.
“We acknowledge the existing gap between current levels of adaptation and levels needed to respond to impacts and reduce climate risks,” the document stated.
While rhetoric alone cannot combat the climate crisis, the G20 meeting documented the members’ recognition of the urgent need for robust policies.
“We acknowledge the urgent need to strengthen policies and mobilize financing from all sources in a predictable, adequate, and timely manner to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation, including significantly increasing support for developing countries. Furthermore, we commit to working together on scientific knowledge-sharing, raising awareness, and capacity building,” the document’s preamble emphasized.
The G20 nations failed to reach an agreement on scaling up renewable energy and did not achieve consensus on global emissions, as outlined in the meeting’s outcome document.
“We note with concern that global ambition and implementation to address climate change remain insufficient to achieve the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement – to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels,” the document expressed.
In his closing remarks, EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius strongly criticized the lack of progress.
“At the end of our meeting today, is the glass half full or half empty? It is certainly empty when we look at where we stand on G20 commitments to address climate change – we are simply nowhere,” he declared.
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