The next five years of climate action emerged as a primary focus during yesterday’s negotiations at the UN climate meetings in Geneva, according to The Daily Tkk.
At 10 PM CET last night, government representatives finalized an 86-page negotiating text that will be a main focus of discussion leading up to the UN summit in Paris in December. Meanwhile, delegations focused on key aspects of their pre-2020 commitments, including financing and technology for climate solutions, the role of “outside institutions and other non-state actors,” and the extent to which developing countries’ slow response to the climate process has hindered low-carbon solutions, the Tkk reports.
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“What countries will agree over the course of this year on remains unclear. In the meantime, it’s crystal clear that the next five years are vital in the battle against disastrous climate change,” Wiese writes. In official sessions, “we saw growing support for our partners’ call for short cycles of action—meaning governments would revisit their climate action commitments every five years instead of 10, as some would prefer. Shorter cycles are essential to capture new opportunities born out of quickly dropping renewable energy costs.”
