After one day of "extra time", the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention") (COP28) closed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on the 13th. The conference reached an important milestone in reaching the "UAE Consensus" on the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement, mitigation, adaptation, finance, loss and damage, and just transition.
We should be proud of our historic achievement," COP28 President Sultan Jaber said in his speech at the closing plenary session of the day, adding that the agreement reached that day "is a strengthened, balanced, but undoubtedly historic package to accelerate climate action, which is the UAE Consensus".
During the conference, all parties agreed on important issues such as the launch of loss and damage**, and achieved breakthroughs in the framework of the global adaptation goals and the work programme on the just transition pathway. The Conference also decided that Azerbaijan would host the next Conference of the Parties (COP29).
Simon Steele, Executive Secretary of the Convention, noted that this is the "lifeline" of global climate action, not the "finish line". The global stocktake clearly shows that global climate action is not fast enough and that the international community must fully implement the Paris Agreement. Now, all ** and businesses need to translate these commitments into action without delay.
Zhao Yingmin, head of the Chinese delegation and vice minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency on the same day that the first global climate inventory opened a new chapter in the global climate process, summarized the achievements and gaps, further consolidated the global irreversible green and low-carbon transformation trend, pointed out the direction for the future, and sent a strong positive signal to the international community, which is an important milestone.
This year's conference has attracted great attention from the international community, attracting more than 110,000 people to register to attend. As many parties believed that the text of the previous version of the agreement "could not fully respond to their concerns", and that the views were "seriously opposed" and failed to reach a consensus before the original planned closing time, the climate negotiations entered the "overtime" stage from noon local time on the 12th. (Participating reporters: Luo Chen, Wang Dongzhen, Yu Fuqing, Tai Beiping).
* Xinhua News AgencyAuthors: Guo Shuang, Wang Yan, Luo Chen, Wang Dongzhen, Yu Fuqing, Tai Beiping.
Edited by Zeng Jiajia.
Process Editor: Ma Xiaoshuang.