Ahead of talks in Madrid experts say the biggest-emitters — including the US, Brazil and China — would likely stay missing in action
Participants hold up placards as they take part in call for action on climate change with a couple of hundred people during a march in Tokyo, Japan, on November 29 2019. Picture: AFP/CHARLY TRIBALLEAU
Andrew Steer, who heads the US-based World Resources Institute, noted the rise of “people power” over the past year, with more than 7-million turning out for protests in September as the UN chief convened a summit to drive climate action. Others, including small-island developing states and some Latin American and African countries, have pledged to work on cutting their emissions to net-zero by mid-century.
“Now more than ever in this COP, we will see a very big gap between the negotiations inside and the emotions outside,” said Araya, founder of clean development platform Costa Rica Limpia. Thunberg is sailing back to Europe across the Atlantic on a low-carbon journey to the climate conference after its venue was abruptly moved to Spain from Chile, which has been dogged by violent social unrest.
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