{"id":255152,"date":"2023-08-07T20:58:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T15:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=255152"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:36:25","slug":"g-20-negotiators-face-climate-change-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/g-20-negotiators-face-climate-change-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"G-20 negotiators face climate change hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cG-20 negotiators face climate change hurdle\u201d <\/strong>published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d <\/strong>on 7th August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 2 – Global groupings and agreements<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– G-20 negotiators are now worried about reaching a consensus over climate change issues ahead of the leaders\u2019 summit in September.<\/p>\n

Why are G20 negotiators worried?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The concerns have heightened following two ministerial meetings of the G-20 focused on energy transitions, the environment, and climate<\/strong> in July.<\/p>\n

These meetings failed to reach a consensus on crucial matters such as emission targets, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, and climate finance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These differences spilled over into virtual Sherpa negotiations, where the initial version of the Leaders’ Declaration<\/strong> was being discussed last week.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Chairman’s Summary and Outcome document<\/strong>s included several sections labeled as “non-agreed paragraphs”<\/strong> among G-20 members.<\/p>\n

What are the contentious issues between G-20 countries related to climate change?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There is division between developed countries and the developing world<\/strong> concerning climate goals and climate finance. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A major point of contention is the wording related to “phasing out” fossil fuel<\/strong>s. It faced strong opposition from countries like India and Saudi Arabia. These countries preferred the term “phasing down” <\/strong>instead.<\/p>\n

There are significant differences among members regarding global emissions targets. <\/strong><\/p>\n

There were disagreements on the target of peaking emissions by 2025 and achieving a 60% reduction in emissions by 2035<\/strong> in comparison to 2019 levels. Developing countries including India did not commit to these targets.<\/p>\n

Another contentious matter was related to the lack of funding<\/strong> from developed countries, such as the U.S. and Australia. They had promised to provide $100 billion annually<\/strong> starting from 2020.<\/p>\n

The Chairman’s Summary and Outcome document<\/strong> released in Chennai revealed further disagreements among G-20 members.<\/p>\n

One point of contention was the scope of the Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group’s mandate <\/strong>to discuss energy issues, given the existence of a separate Energy Transition Working Group. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Additionally, there were differing views on energy transitions <\/strong>and how to incorporate them into the document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cG-20 negotiators face climate change hurdle\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 7th August 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Global groupings and agreements News– G-20 negotiators are now worried about reaching a consensus over climate change issues ahead of the leaders\u2019 summit in September. Why are G20 negotiators… Continue reading G-20 negotiators face climate change hurdle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,239,238,10498],"class_list":["post-255152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-international-relations","tag-ir","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":4,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698444615},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}