COP27: Climate talks get boost from G20 declaration
Delegates at the G20 leader's summit, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. The leaders have endorsed a global warming dealSupport for an ambitious global warming deal by world leaders during a G20 meeting in Bali on Wednesday has given a lift to climate negotiations at the COP27 summit running in parallel in Egypt.
"We resolve to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. This will require meaningful and effective actions and commitment by all countries," the leaders said in a declaration at the end of their Bali summit.Delegates in Egypt have been watching the G20 summit closely for signs that rich nations are willing to make new commitments on climate change, even as their focus is distracted by other crises, such as Russia's war on Ukraine and rampant inflation.
US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry had said on Saturday that a few countries represented in Egypt were resisting mention of the 1.5-degree goal in the official text of the COP27 summit, and that US President Joe Biden had last week urged countries not to let near-term crises trigger a backslide in ambition.
An EU official said the G20 wording could increase the chances that negotiators in Egypt would also lock in the 1.5°C target."But there are nearly 200 countries, and it's only safe when 1.5 is anchored in the cover decision," the official said, referring to what will form the core political deal from the summit., who has buoyed hopes for a strong deal at the summit by vowing to re-engage the huge rainforest nation with international efforts to fight climate change.
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