US EditionUN Slams 'Meagre Results' and 'Fatal Inaction' at COP30
The COP30 deal increased funding for poor nations but excluded fossil fuel action, prompting criticism of insufficient leadership amid urgent climate warnings, the UN rights chief said.
- In Belém, the UN rights chief lamented 'meagre results' at COP30, warning that 'fatal inaction' might be considered a crime against humanity.
- Amid urgent scientific warnings, scientists highlighted tipping points for coral reefs and the Amazon while developing countries pressed for adaptation finance to address rising climate impacts.
- The summit launches a voluntary initiative to speed up climate action to help nations meet existing emissions pledges and opens a process for climate bodies to review international trade alignment with climate goals.
- Responding to the talks, Mary Robinson lamented, "We didn't get what we would have liked to get, which was a formal mention of phasing out of fossil fuel. But we have an informal process that's robust; that has more than 80 countries behind it," despite some objections to the summit's limited commitments.
- Mary Robinson said clean energy is becoming cheaper and more reliable, encouraging Saudi Arabia to move markets, but she noted shifting from oil revenues in billions to millions in clean energy is challenging.
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights pointed out that COP30's "unsignificant results" illustrate how corporate power imbalances are reflected in the climate emergency.
The World Climate Conference ends without an exit plan for fossil energies. This enrages an expert at Uno: Volker Türk speaks of a possible »ecocide« and »fatal non-action«.
The 30th UN Climate Conference concluded on Saturday in Belem, Brazil with the adoption of a minimum agreement.
United Nations slams 'meagre' COP results, 'fatal inaction' of leaders
The UN rights chief lamented Monday the "meagre results" at the COP30 climate summit, warning that the "fatal inaction" of leaders might one day be considered a crime against humanity. In an address to the UN's business and human rights forum in Geneva, UN rights chief Volker Turk warned that the "meagre results of COP30 in Belem" illustrated how "corporate power imbalances ... play out in the climate emergency".
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