COP29: Why emissions reduction is becomi • Table.Briefings

The Bolivian head of delegation, Diego Pacheco, is against including emissions reduction in the COP29 outcome document.

Normally, the debate on reducing emissions, i.e. mitigation, leads a shadowy existence at the COPs – especially at a financial COP like the one in Baku. But in the end and in light of the climate crisis, many countries are pushing for more serious steps. This is highly controversial.

It sounds absurd, but that’s the COP: One of the most bitter battles between the groups of states at COP29 revolves around whether and how a debate on more effective climate action can be anchored at the climate conference: A group of countries from developing and industrialized nations is exerting pressure to anchor the topic of emissions reduction prominently in the decision text and thus in the UNFCCC process. What they call „more effective climate protection in the critical years before 2030“, however, is meeting with resistance from many emerging economies. This is because they are opposed to having climate protection criteria prescribed in their upcoming climate plans (NDCs).

COP29: Why emissions reduction is becoming a difficult topic

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