{"id":86839,"date":"2024-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/09\/19\/as-cop29-approaches-heres-where-we-left-off-after-cop28\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:00:00","slug":"as-cop29-approaches-heres-where-we-left-off-after-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/09\/19\/as-cop29-approaches-heres-where-we-left-off-after-cop28\/","title":{"rendered":"As COP29 approaches, here\u2019s where we left off after COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>With less than two months left until COP29 kicks off in Azerbaijan, it\u2019s time for a <\/strong>refresher course on where we left off at COP28. <\/strong>Following two weeks of negotiations that ran into overtime, the representatives of the 198 participating countries at COP28 signed the final document<\/a> of the Global Stocktake (pdf)<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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There was some opposition:<\/strong> One of the provisions disclosed that \u201ctransitional fuels can play a role in facilitating the energy transition,\u201d giving a green light to natural gas expansion, despite its damaging environmental impacts<\/a> that some studies have identified can be as harmful as coal<\/a>. Critics viewed the provision \u2014 along with the call to accelerate carbon capture \u2014 as evidence of \u201cthe influence of petrostates in the half measures and loopholes included in the final agreement,\u201d US vice president Al Gore said<\/a> at the time. \u201cThe resolution is marred by loopholes that offer the fossil fuel industry numerous escape routes, relying on unproven, unsafe technologies,\u201d the Climate Action Network<\/a> echoed the sentiment. <\/p>\n

REMEMBER- The final draft included eight actions to reach the 1.5C goal including: <\/strong><\/p>\n