Cop27 in Egypt, that flop … China and India attack the western line
Let’s tell the truth. Everyone knew that COP27 was going to be a huge failure. Already in normal times it is almost impossible to agree on the climate, let alone after the war in Ukraine and its collateral effects starting with the energy crisis that afflicts everyone.. And which has therefore led to a return to the use of polluting energy sources. However, a rhetoric has arisen according to which all the blame for the failed agreements and the emissions lies with the two Asian giants, China and India. Even if reality says maybe a little different things.
In Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt, Neither Xi Jinping nor Narendra Modi, the Chinese president and Indian prime minister, showed up. Are they the only two missing? Absolutely no. Indeed, within the G20 there are very few leaders present. Australian Anthony Albanese misses the match. Defending his decision, he told reporters that he “can’t be in all places at once.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which has the worst emissions record of the G7, is not on the list. A government spokesman confirmed that he will not go to Sharm el-Sheikh. Cat Abreu, Canadian climate activist and founder of Destination Zero, told Climate Home that leaders should not “show up in spaces just to say they are there”, but should participate “to make a significant contribution to the advancement of action on climate change “.
According to the document released Tuesday by the Egyptian host, Argentina, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey will not send leaders. Indonesia will instead be represented at the level of vice-presidency, with President Joko Widodo engaged in the final preparations for the G20 that he will host in Bali between 18 and 19 November next.
The opposing lines on emissions and responsibilities
But it is not only on the agenda of the guests that the thesis that all the blame for emissions lies with India and China. Most global actions revolve around efforts to “mitigate” climate change by reducing the volume of carbon emissions. P.oca attention is paid to the need for “adaptation” of developing countries to the effects of carbon already present in the atmosphere. Reading the Indian press, for example, here’s another perspective worth reporting: “It is argued that climate change is so real and urgent that difficult and costly mitigation actions need to be taken in order to reduce emissions. That’s right. – but what about the real and urgent problems that people and economies are experiencing from emissions that have already occurred? These emissions cannot be prevented or mitigated. Communities need support to adapt to them. Adaptation – including “Loss and damage” accounting for the overall effects of climate change – must be at the heart of all climate negotiations, “writes the Times of India.
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