Prior to COP26 in the fall, a meeting of ministers in charge of the G20 and 20 major countries was held to discuss measures and issues for climate change issues. Differences of opinion between countries and emerging countries have also emerged.
The meeting held in Naples, Italy on the 23rd will be held in the United Kingdom this fall with the participation of Minister of the Environment Koizumi, Special Envoy Kelly in charge of climate change issues in the United States, and ministers in charge from Russia and China. In front of COP26, the UN Conference on Climate Change Mitigation, we discussed initiatives and issues for the realization of a carbon-free society.
However, regarding the pace at which coal-fired power generation will be abolished, there is no gap between emerging countries and developed countries, which have strong opposition to the abolition, and discussions will be held toward the G20 summit in October. Will be piled up.
China, Italy's transition minister for ecology, Chingorani, said at a press conference that negotiations with China, Russia and India were difficult, aiming to limit the rise in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which was agreed at the G7 summit last month. It was revealed that there was a disagreement about the content of accelerating climate change countermeasures.
At this conference, attention was focused on how far emerging countries can align with developed countries that are accelerating their movement toward the realization of a carbon-free society, but the difference between their positions was highlighted.