What's Hot in Glasgow - November 1, 2021
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During COP26, WWF will provide daily “What’s Hot” updates on the negotiations, news, announcements and press conferences. As the world’s largest conservation organization, we have experts working on the front line of climate change, from Poland to Brazil, from the USA to Scotland.
NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Yesterday saw the official opening of COP26. Negotiations kicked off with the Plenary meetings of the different governing bodies and Subsidiary Bodies. The bodies approved their agendas and tasked different groups to carry forward the COP26 work over the next two weeks. Parties and groups also set out their positions on the different issues.
WHAT WWF IS WATCHING
REACTIONS FROM WWF
WWF leaders are on the ground in Glasgow watching everything unfold—here are their reactions to the latest proceedings.
On the G20 climate commitments: Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Global Lead Climate & Energy, and President of COP20, said: “We expected much more from G20 countries, responsible for 78% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They must now enhance their 2030 Nationally Determined Contributions as soon as possible to close the ambition gap and limit global temperature rise to a maximum of 1.5C, and urgently put in place policies and actions to meet those targets. We know that stronger commitments and action are urgently needed, as the UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report showed. We can't afford to wait until 2025, so COP26 must deliver a Glasgow pathway to accelerate implementation that sets the course of action between now and then.”
On the G20 nature commitments: Gavin Edwards, Global Coordinator, New Deal for Nature and People, WWF-International, said: “The commitment from G20 leaders to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 brings us one step closer to securing a nature-positive world and is essential to protecting human health and livelihoods. It also supports climate action. Leaders meeting in Glasgow must remember that there is no viable route to limiting global warming to 1.5C without protecting and restoring nature.
“WWF welcomes G20 leaders’ promise to scale up and implement nature-based solutions or ecosystem-based approaches – done right, they are powerful ways to tackle our connected nature and climate crises in a manner that benefits people and the planet. It is essential that the critical role of nature-based solutions are now recognized in the formal outcomes of COP26 and also at the biodiversity COP in Kunming next year, and deployed with real urgency.”
On the America Is All In event at the US government center at COP26: Marcene Mitchell, WWF-US Senior Vice President, Climate Change, said: “Four years ago, leaders from every sector of the US economy declared “We Are Still In” despite federal inaction. Now, Special Envoy Kerry and US leaders come together with a new path for how the US government and subnational actors can work together to begin to implement the changes we need to keep 1.5 alive. The United States has come to Glasgow with a renewed commitment to the Paris Agreement and a new target for emissions reductions that will help re-establish it as a global leader on climate action. The international community is now looking for these strong words to be translated into real action.”
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