![]() For Pacific islanders, whose fate hangs on the eradiction of coal power, it was bitterly hard to watch.įiji’s Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum summed it up: “What we would like to express is not just our astonishment but our immense disappointment at the manner in which this has been introduced.” Islanders and some Europeans expressed their shock at the display of raw power that had left them sidelined. The mood of the meeting, which had been jubilant earlier at the prospect of closing out years of brutal negotiations on the rules governing the 2015 Paris Agreement, plunged. Timermans called it a “further disappointment” but “this should not stop us from deciding today on what is a historic, historic decision.” “We have talked to the stakeholders and parties concerned and carried out consultation with a view to the success of this meeting,” China’s Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment Zhao Yingmin told the meeting. official said, in order to allow for objections. Sharma refused to present the "phase down" change as a presidency text and said he wanted it to be read out on the floor in the final open meeting, the U.K. ![]() None of them were happy about it, but ultimately India and China - after Yadav had called back to New Delhi to confirm his instructions - emerged from the room with most of what they wanted. Timmermans, who takes his mandate from the governments of the union, was jogging between the back room and the Europeans as they discussed whether the EU could back a weaker text. Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera called it an “informal European Council:” the body of ministers representing the EU’s 27 member states. Huddled together across the hall, another meeting was taking place. Andrea Meza, Costa Rica’s environment minister, said she had no idea it was coming. lead negotiator, Archie Young, had a heated discussion on the floor of the plenary. presidency, by waiting for the last possible moment to spring their surprise demand. But China and India had blindsided the entire conference, and the U.K. Sharma was attempting to keep delegates from small island states and the least developed countries informed, moving in and out of the room, a U.K. But the difference between the eradication of coal and its limitation was fateful for the vulnerable countries watching the great powers leaving and entering the room. ![]() climate agreement to even mention the fuel most responsible warming the planet. “We will break the whole thing down,” said one Chinese delegate, according to the EU official.Įither way, the Glasgow deal would be historic in becoming the first ever U.N. The Chinese were willing to put the whole conference was on the line. ![]()
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