New York – Leaders of the world\u2019s biggest polluters failed to signal they are prepared to rapidly step up action to close the 1.5\u00b0C ambition gap, either postponing or submitting lukewarm 2035 climate action plans at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit in New York.<\/p>\n\n
Tracy Carty, Climate Politics Expert, Greenpeace International said:<\/strong> \u201cTrump has tried to dismantle climate multilateralism – this Summit reaffirms its resilience. But progress must accelerate. The trajectory of new emissions targets is dangerously off track and without a serious shift, we\u2019ll soar past 1.5\u00b0C with devastating consequences. The ambition gap won\u2019t close itself and the time to act is now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cThe US is absent. China and the EU have not raised each other’s ambition enough and even Australia, which is bidding to host COP31, has presented a weak target. Leaders at COP30 must now commit to stronger targets and faster action. Major emitters – especially rich developed countries – need to lead from the front.\u201d [1] [2] This is the benchmark against which the collective ambition of national climate plans (NDCs) must now be measured, but developed countries are expected to go well beyond this global average given their historical responsibility for the bulk of emissions. <\/p>\n\n Thomas Gelin, Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace EU said:<\/strong> \u201cComing empty-handed to the UNSG\u2019s Climate Summit is an abdication of the EU\u2019s climate leadership. It\u2019s a huge embarrassment and ignores Europe\u2019s responsibility to act after enriching itself over decades through carbon pollution. Every delay and every fraction of a degree will cost people their lives, health, homes and livelihoods \u2013 the EU must urgently agree on a real climate target in line with science.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Yao Zhe, Global Policy Advisor, Greenpeace East Asia said:<\/strong> \u201cEven for those with tempered expectations, what\u2019s presented today still falls short. This 2035 target offers little assurance to keep our planet safe, but what\u2019s hopeful is that the actual decarbonisation of China\u2019s economy is likely to exceed its target on paper.\u201d Carolina Pasquali, Executive Director, Greenpeace Brazil said:<\/strong> \u201cBrazil now has a huge responsibility at a pivotal moment for multilateralism and half-way through this critical decade to ensure that action to address the 1.5\u00b0C ambition gap is embedded in the COP30 outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cNegotiation must turn to implementation and in Bel\u00e9m, at the People\u2019s COP, the world\u2019s people are demanding a response. As the COP30 presidency, Brazil needs to take a proactive position and ensure the urgency of the moment is seized!\u201d<\/p>\n\n An Lambrechts, Biodiversity Politics Expert, Greenpeace International said:<\/strong> \u201cThe climate solution is also hugely reliant on forests and at COP30 it\u2019s essential a decision is made to urgently progress implementation of the UNFCCC target to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030. It\u2019s clear that despite existing initiatives in many countries, national-level action alone is not enough to ensure equitable, efficient and coherent implementation.\u201d ENDS<\/p>\n\n Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Aaron Gray-Block, Climate Politics Communications Manager, Greenpeace International, aaron.gray-block@greenpeace.org<\/p>\n\n Gaby Flores, Communications Coordinator, Greenpeace International, +1 214 454 3871, cflores@greenpeace.org<\/p>\n\n Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leaders of world\u2019s biggest polluters failed to signal they are prepared to rapidly step up action to close the 1.5\u00b0C gap at UN Climate Summit in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":78807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,70],"tags":[89,150],"p4-page-type":[98],"class_list":["post-78802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-nature","tag-climate","tag-cop30","p4-page-type-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78802"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78830,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78802\/revisions\/78830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78802"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=78802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
As part of the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement, concluded at COP28 in Dubai, countries agreed that global greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by 60 percent by 2035, compared to 2019 levels to stay on track for the 1.5\u00b0C limit.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cHowever, business and technological advancements alone cannot get the job done. Strong and consistent policy signals are an irreplaceable catalyst. China needs to keep the door open to significantly enhancing its policy targets fairly soon. Waiting another five years will be too late.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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