Extended by one day, the COP27 organized in Egypt could end in blood sausage. “We are worried about some of the things we have seen and heard over the past 12 hours,” European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said on Saturday morning, while discussions on joint commitments are still underway. . But for the EU, it is better “rather not agree than a bad agreement”.
A reflection shared by the French delegation. “At this stage, the Egyptian presidency calls into question the achievements of Paris and Glasgow on the reduction in emissions. This is unacceptable for France and the countries of the EU, ”we say in the entourage of the French Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher. The “vast majority” of the countries however find the proposals “balanced”, defends the Egyptian presidency.
A cornerstone of the fight against climate change, the 2015 Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming “well below 2°C” compared to the pre-industrial era, and if possible to 1.5° vs. This ambition was reaffirmed at COP26 in Glasgow last year. “The problem is that the Egyptian presidency is trying to pass a text that would lift the obligations of states to regularly raise the targets for reducing emissions to reach 1.5 degrees”, it was explained in the entourage of the minister. .