(Economic Observation) After "Glasgow", where will the global climate change go?
China News Service, Beijing, December 5 (Reporter Liu Liang) With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) concluded in Glasgow, UK last month.
Urging countries to take concrete actions on global warming is an important part of every climate change conference.
On the 5th, at the 18th Global Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF), participants discussed this topic, and many voices warned: COP26 is an important opportunity to prevent serious consequences of climate change.
According to Barroso, Co-Chairman of IFF and Chairman of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, COP26 has once again taken an important step in the global response to climate change. I am happy for this.
Although the implementation of some commitments still lacks legal binding force, at least the parties have shown a good momentum of cooperation on this issue, and the direction is correct.
Former UN Deputy Secretary-General Jose Antonio Ocampo described COP26 as "a partially successful conference."
He said that since the Paris Agreement, the international community has taken a step forward on this issue. Many countries have made commitments and reached consensus at the Glasgow Conference. For example, the control of methane emissions has received further attention, and many countries have pledged to end logging by 2030. For forest activities, China and the United States also made progress in cooperation during their stay in Glasgow.
"But on the other hand, we also see that the transportation industry has not made strong commitments, such as eliminating or abandoning fuel vehicles. Some countries have taken solid steps, but some major automobile production countries have not promised to eliminate or cancel. Fuel vehicles, this is also the aspect that the transportation industry must cooperate with in the future. At the same time, the technology of using hydrogen energy to drive the metal processing industry is far from reality." Ocampo said.
Ocampo emphasized that before the next climate change conference is convened, all parties must earnestly promote the commitments made, otherwise the progress made by Glasgow will face retreat, and a large number of uneven development and inequality will arise and intensify, which will bring more to future generations. Heavy burden.
Faced with increasingly urgent and complex climate and environmental issues, there is not much time left for countries to take action. The meaning of the question is to strengthen cooperation between all parties and form an effective "road map."
Barroso pointed out that climate change is a global problem, and solving this problem requires multilateral cooperation and the formation of a global solution.
He said that the continuous emergence of new technologies around the world provides a good opportunity for the development of a green economy. Public departments in more countries need to support funds and policies, and fully mobilize the private sector and social groups to participate.
Zhai Yongping, former chief energy expert of the Asian Development Bank, believes that a clear "road map" is particularly critical in the process of turning commitments into concrete measures.
The "roadmap" should focus on the specific steps to achieve each time stage, and the process of achieving the roadmap also needs the support of specific funding sources and low-carbon and zero-carbon technical solutions.
In this process, developing countries, small island countries, etc., due to their limited economic and technological level, also need the international community to pay more attention and help to their actual needs.
Next year, the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Egypt.
Guests at the meeting said that whether all parties can truly fulfill the promises made by the Glasgow Conference during this year will largely affect the future trend of global climate change issues.
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