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North / South frictions and the deletion of the reference to "damage and loss" financing to vulnerable countries in the latest draft has further complicated the final stretch of COP26.

The plenary where the final agreement should have been approved has been delayed for several hours amid cross accusations, with the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union trying to find a meeting point.

The negotiations will initially continue throughout Saturday afternoon amid a growing feeling that the summit is heading towards a possible fiasco with each passing hour and each new text, which must have the consensus of the 197 delegations before becoming in a final agreement.

The absence of

Premier

Boris Johnson, who came at the start of the summit and left by private plane, then returned by train and left again, has added another element of uncertainty. Calls for the "can-do spirit" from COP26 President Alok Sharma fell on deaf ears. John Kerry, the US climate envoy, and Frans Timmermans, vice president of the European Commission, struggled to fill the feeling of chaos and emptiness in the final hours.

"

It is no accident that the reference to financing losses in the third draft has disappeared:

rich countries do not want to pay for the damage they have caused,"

said Mohamed Adow, director of the Shift Africa think tank.

"The financing of damages and losses should be the third pillar of the multiltareal process, and that something that rich and polluting countries cannot ignore."

Criticism of the United Kingdom

"You cannot continue to offer" dialogue "forever, that is a trap in which the developing countries cannot fall", added Adow, who pointed to the United Kingdom as the main responsible for the current situation: "

The organizing country of the COP26 cut its budget for international cooperation

and aid to countries affected by climate change just before this summit, so it does not have enough credibility in the international community. "

The dispute over the corrections made in the "damages and losses" section diverted attention to what had been considered up to now the two main obstacles: the "softened" reference to the phasing out of coal and the "inefficient" subsidies to coal. fossil fuels and the summons to the "parties" to raise their ambition and present new "nationally determined contributions" in 2022.

Australia, drag on a deal

Australia, distinguished with the Cop26 "Colossal Fossil" award by the Climate Action Network, has also become Glasgow's other great drag.

The Scott Morrison government, which tried to wash its image by announcing the goal of "carbon neutrality" in 2050, has been accused of repeatedly "hiding" behind Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Russia, among the countries most averse to action. climatic.

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, at COP26REUTERS

Not only has the world's top coal exporter lobbied to soften references to fossil fuels in the final text, it

has stubbornly resisted the demand for an annual review of climate plans

.

Australia, ravaged by devastating fires in 2019 and 2020, ranked last out of 60 countries on the Climate Change Performance Index.

In fact, Australia lags behind the industrialized countries for its timid commitments, with an expected emission reduction of between 26 and 28% in 2030, compared to 68% for the United Kingdom or 55% for the European Union.

Very far in any case from the 45% cut in emissions necessary to maintain the maximum increase in temperatures at 1.5 degrees.

Despite his close alliance with the United Kingdom, embodied in a recent trade agreement, Boris Johnson has been unable to convince Scotr Morrison to adhere to the methane reduction agreement signed by more than a hundred countries.

As former negotiator Richie Merzian stated in Glasgow: "The only thing Australia really brought to the top was the good coffee they served in their pavilion."

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