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Environment Minister says that COP28 in Belém depends on the ongoing summit in Dubai. Renewable energy and reducing greenhouse gases are fundamental.
Marina Silva, former Minister of the Environment, reinforced the importance of developed countries taking global leadership in the transition to renewable energy, during her speech at the COP28 in Dubai.
The environmental authority highlighted that the success of COP30, in Belém do Pará, is directly related to the results achieved at the ongoing conference. Marina stated that a joint effort by producing and consuming countries is essential to reduce the use of fossil fuels, and that it is up to developed countries to lead this process.
Marina Silva: Environmental Authority at COP28
Marina Silva's speech is part of the negotiation efforts do Brazilian government, which advocates that rich countries be the first to cut production and consumption of oil.
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According to the logic of Brazilian negotiators and other countries that defend the same position, rich nations were those that historically issued the most greenhouse gases. Furthermore, the rich hold resources and T that allowed a transition faster for others clean energy sources.
Developing nations, on the other hand, would have longer periods to continue using fossil fuels –which would give time, for example, for Brazil to continue extracting oil from the pre-salt and, eventually, from the mouth of the Amazon River.
Marina Silva: Environmental Leader at the Meeting under discussion at COP 28
One of the main issues under discussion at COP 28 is related to the end of the use of fossil fuels in the global energy system, with the civil society, the UN and some countries defending that a deadline be established for oil to stop being explored and consumed.
The large producers, however, are lobbying so that the issue is not even mentioned in the final resolution of the meeting.
Marina Silva in the Effort of Countries for the Energy Transition at COP28
In addition to defending that the rich stop using oil first, the Brazilian minister also defended the creation of a specific body to take care of this transition.
'I think it is essential to create, within the UNFCCC, a forum for discussion and negotiation to address this issue with the required urgency. Responses that take into account national differences and circumstances and alternatives for social and economic development, especially for the most fragile,' she said.
Marina Silva: Agreement at COP28 and COP30 in Brazil
The minister continued, remembering that Brazil will host the COP in two years.
'In 2025, Brazil will host COP30, in the city of Belém. The success of this meeting will depend on us being able here at COP28 to approve a General Balance aligned with 1,5ºC in all its dimensions: in pre-2030 actions, in recommendations for future NDCs, in the commitment of new financing and means of implementation and in a Global Adaptation Objective consistent with the real risks, especially for the most vulnerable populations', he stated.
Brazil has been leading discussions at COP28 of what it has called 'Mission 1.5', in reference to attempts that all policies adopted at the climate summit refer to efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, on average, in relation to the pre-industrial period.
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Source: CNN Brazil
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