If the impacts of climate change are felt locally, then so are the benefits of low-carbon initiatives. City officials are in the best place to engage with their people, ensuring a just transition that benefits everyone
After a slew of declarations and pledges, negotiators will now double down on reaching consensus on the contentious issues of climate finance and phasing out fossil fuels.
Two scientific reports pointed to inadequate progress in containing global temperature rise on a day campaigners released a list of oil lobbyists that showed their participation has risen four times within a year to nearly 2,500 in a meet that seeks to phase out fossil fuels.
What matters now is not more minutely discussed goals, commitments and pledges, but action. It’s encouraging that, for the first time, officials at this year’s conference will weigh the findings of a formal “global stocktake” on lack of progress. That ought to stifle any desire to say “so far, so good”