He said the main objective of the summit on April 22-23 was to encourage large economies that
collectively contributed 80% of greenhouse gases to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
He pointed out that many countries that stood out in the climate change agenda such as Sweden, Switzerland and Thailand were also not invited.
“The summit is a one-off event and does not affect negotiations and resolutions under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
“This needs to be seen separately from the recent issue of the importation of plastic waste into Malaysia from the United States, ” he said in a statement yesterday.
Industrialised countries finance new coal-fired power plants in Asia on a grand scale
A new MCC study reveals the global capital flows behind the most important climate killer – and outlines counter strategies.
The Paris Climate Agreement not only incorporates the temperature targets of 1.5 and 2 degrees as the maximum tolerated global heating, it also explicitly targets financial flows with the goal of making them “consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions”. Nevertheless, coal-fired power generation, which releases a particularly large volume of CO
2 and is still booming in Asia, is fuelled by substantial funding from western industrialised countries, in the form of loans, loan guarantees, or investments in corporate bonds and shares. The extent of these financial flows is now revealed in a study by the Berlin-based climate research institute MCC (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change). The study ha
Rich countries must commit technology and funds to move to net zero carbon emissions
The visit of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, ahead of a leaders’ summit convened by President Joe Biden later this month on the climate challenge, has prompted a review of India’s long-term policy course. To the developed world, India presents a study in contrasts, with carbon dioxide emissions that rank in the top five globally, while millions of its citizens remain mired in energy poverty and underdevelopment. Ironically, to many smaller countries, including island nations hit by intense storms, lost farm productivity, droughts and heat waves linked to a changing climate, India contributes to the problem with its total annual emissions. It is unsurprising, therefore, that the clamour is growing for India to join many other big economies and commit itself to net zero emissions: to balance carbon emissions with their removal from the atmosphere, by a specific date.
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