{"id":286330,"date":"2023-11-03T13:23:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286330"},"modified":"2023-11-03T13:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:23:25","slug":"global-discord-threatens-cop28-climate-talks-eu-commissioner-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286330","title":{"rendered":"Global discord threatens COP28 climate talks, EU commissioner says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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More payments and costs for an unknown future with no apparent success. Greetings from the medievial indulgence trade.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

China\u2019s ambassador to the EU criticised the EU\u2019s actions as \u201cunjustified and regrettable,\u201d cautioning last week against political confrontations jeopardising climate cooperation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The need for agreement to tackle global warming is \u201chigher than ever\u201d, but it has never been harder as the geopolitical backdrop complicates international cooperation, the European Union\u2019s climate chief said on Monday (30 October) ahead of next month\u2019s COP28 summit, reports Euractiv\u00a0<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra also said the EU would not accept an outcome at COP28 that only reached deals on less contentious topics \u2013 such as increased use of renewable energy \u2013 if it failed to solve tougher issues such as phasing out fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not an \u00e0 la carte menu. It is actually all that is on the menu that needs to be delivered on,\u201d he told Reuters on the sidelines of a preliminary COP28 gathering in Abu Dhabi ahead of the UN summit starting at the end of November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The challenge of getting countries to agree is all the greater as Israel has escalated its bombardment of Gaza, Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine continues and tensions run high between the US and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time as \u201cgeopolitically very challenging times\u201d make agreement on the climate harder than ever, the need is \u201chigher than ever,\u201d Hoekstra said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists have blamed global warming, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, for extreme weather this year, which is on track to be the hottest on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel has so far rejected international calls for a temporary pause in its bombardment of Gaza and politicians have warned of the risk of a wider conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tensions have also risen between Europe and China as Brussels investigates whether to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports that it says are state- subsidised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story \u00a0here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the same time as “geopolitically very challenging times” make an agreement on climate harder than ever, the need is “higher than ever,” said Wopke Hoekstra, the EU’s climate chief. [Photo: European Union, 2023. Source: EC – Audiovisual Service<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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More payments and costs for an unknown future with no apparent success. Greetings from the medievial indulgence trade. China\u2019s ambassador to the EU criticised the EU\u2019s actions as \u201cunjustified and regrettable,\u201d cautioning last week against political confrontations jeopardising climate cooperation. The need for agreement to tackle global warming is \u201chigher than ever\u201d, but it has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":286334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"More payments and costs for an unknown future with no apparent success. 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