The outcome is near in Dubai. The new draft agreement presented on Wednesday December 13 by the UAE presidency calls on countries to “transition away from fossil fuels” and accelerate action “in this crucial decade, in order to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050”, according to the latest version of the compromise that the United Arab Emirates will try to have adopted by consensus. The text, which aims to become the first decision of a UN climate conference to address the fate of all fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) does not reintroduce the term “exit” demanded by the most ambitious countries, but refused by oil-producing countries, Saudi Arabia in the lead. Follow our live stream.
Pending approval. Publication of this document was awaited all night by the negotiators. It will now have to be approved by nearly 200 countries. A plenary session chaired by the Emirati Sultan al-Jaber, president of this COP and boss of the Emirati oil company Adnoc, should take place in the morning.
In line with the Paris agreement. Particular attention will be paid to the final text of the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015 with the aim of reducing global warming to +1.5°C, or even 2°C. The text also contains multiple calls related to energy: tripling renewable capacities and doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030; accelerate “zero carbon” and “low carbon” technologies, including nuclear power, low carbon hydrogen, and the nascent carbon capture and storage, defended by oil producing countries to be able to continue pumping hydrocarbons.
A first text rejected. The first draft text proposed by the Emirati presidency on Monday sparked an outcry for failing to call for “exit” fossil fuels. He only mentioned the “reduction of both consumption and production of fossil fuels”. Several countries and organizations had campaigned for a more ambitious formulation. The United States special envoy for climate, John Kerry, assured “Work hard” For “result in a different text”.