After three weeks of videoconference discussions, the climate negotiations prior to the important COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in November ended on Thursday.

If they were particularly trying in the opinion of all participants, they were not very conclusive.

"I cannot say that there have been breakthroughs," acknowledged Patricia Espinosa, the UN climate manager, during a press conference to present the results of these climate negotiations.

"It is necessary to obtain guidelines at the political level," she said, listing among the points on which blockages remain, questions of financing, transparency, in particular in the monitoring of emission reduction commitments. greenhouse gas emissions, the implementation schedule and carbon markets.

A meeting planned in London

These are important points of application of the 2015 Paris Agreement on which deep bottlenecks remain and on which progress was hoped for during this negotiating session, which was not, however, to lead to firm decisions due to of its virtual format.

The British president of the COP26, Alok Sharma, indicated for his part that London would convene on July 25 and 26 in London a meeting of a "representative group of ministers" from "more than 40 countries" to "build on work. technical ”accomplished in the last discussions.

Closing the funding gaps

This meeting should in particular address the means of "bridging the gap" between climate finance in poor countries and the promise of developed countries to devote 100 billion per year to it in 2020. A promise that has not yet been achieved, but that the G7 summit last week reaffirmed.

"I have repeatedly insisted that it was a matter of confidence," hammered Alok Sharma.

"We must move faster as COP26 approaches," he said, calling for "keeping alive (the target of) 1.5 degrees", the most ambitious threshold for global warming. fixed by the Paris agreement, currently largely out of reach according to scientists.

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