Because it was a G20 in chiaroscuro. The synthesis of Agi
“G20 in chiaroscuro, good on duties, bad on climate”. Il punto dell'Agi, the press agency directed by Mario Draghi
None of the G20 participants spared praise to the landlord, not even the Russian Foreign Minister who also complained about an "incorrect" negotiating method to set goals for reducing carbon emissions; everyone praised the skills of the Italian negotiators, the organization of the appointment, the beauty of the Eternal City.
And "a successful summit" was yesterday and today at the Cloud in the words of President Mario Draghi, who had set himself the explicit objective of relaunching multilateralism.
In particular, it allowed developing countries to conclude important agreements, such as the one on anti-Covid vaccines, with the shared goal of vaccinating 70% of the world population by the middle of next year, or the one on the " minimum tax "for multinationals, or, on the sidelines, the EU-US agreement to suspend tariffs on steel and aluminum and, finally, the commitment to pay" vulnerable "countries 100 billion dollars (about 86.5 billion of Euro).
The sore point, however, concerns precisely the issue on which there were most expectations: the fight against climate change.
The watering down of the deadline to reach carbon neutrality, not set at 2050 as in other summits (EU, G7), but generically indicated "around the middle of the century", and also the lack of precision on "significant and effective "that the 20 have undertaken to implement to reduce the global temperature reduction to 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial era, have left more than one guest and observer with a bitter taste in their mouth, as well as further putting The negotiations started today in Glasgow are at risk.
Cop26, the UN climate conference hosted by the United Kingdom, is considered the "last hope" to be able to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees.
Not for nothing, the British premier himself said that "more progress" and aid packages will be needed for developing countries than what was established in the final document of Rome, announcing that if the COP26 fails, "everything will fail", while United Nations number one Antonio Guterres said he was leaving Rome "with unfulfilled hopes" even if, he conceded, "at least not buried".
Disappointment was also expressed by environmental organizations: for all, the WWF summed up: “We expected much more from the G20 countries, responsible for 78% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now they need to increase their national targets and plans (NDCs) for 2030 so that the current ambition gap to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C is closed, and structural policies are put in place. ".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/energia/perche-e-stato-un-g20-in-chiaroscuro-la-sintesi-dellagi/ on Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:29:08 +0000.