COP28 Director General Majid Al Suwaidi said on Tuesday (December 12) that the UAE presidency of the conference was working on a new draft agreement based on the “red lines” expressed the day before by the countries which rejected his first proposal. “The goal is to reach consensus”he told reporters on the last scheduled day of the conference. “We would all like to finish on time, but we all want to achieve the most ambitious result possible. That is our only goal”. Follow our live stream.
Timeout. The 28th UN conference will not end at the time set by its Emirati president, Sultan Al Jaber. He announced on December 6 that he wanted “an orderly conclusion of the conference on Tuesday, December 12 at 11 a.m. [8 heures, heure de Paris]”significant day the anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, in which countries around the world agreed to limit global warming to +1.5°C, or even +2°C.
An insufficient first draft agreement. A new draft agreement was made public on Monday. He called in particular for the “reduction of both consumption and production of fossil fuels”but did not mention the word of “exit” fossil fuels, which is at the heart of the negotiations in Dubai. Several countries and organizations campaigned for this more ambitious formulation.
New agreement expected Tuesday. A new draft agreement is expected by delegates on Tuesday, with negotiations on fossil fuels continuing to overcome resistance from oil-exporting countries. Lhe hope of adopting a historic text calling for an exit from oil, gas and coal on the 8th anniversary of the Paris Agreement now seems very unlikely.