WWF says no longer out” as nations agree to transition away from fossil fuel says “Earth is down

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A giant moment for international climate action, international locations at the COP28 UN climate summit have agreed to transition far from fossil fuels but failed to decide on a full section-out

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Global Climate and Energy Lead, and COP

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Stated:? “The earth is down, however, not out, as nations agree to transition far away from fossil fuels; however, they fall short of consensus on the whole section out of coal, oil, and fuel at COP28. Despite the fact that a transition far away from fossil fuels is a tremendous second,afterr a long time of UN climate negotiations, nations have at last shifted the focus to polluting fossil fuels following the climate disaster.

• ?This outcome ought to signal the beginning of the end for fossil fuel generation.
• It's far unfortunate that, with the inclusion of the word ‘unabated’, the final results suggest there's a widespread function for dangerous distractions such as big-scale carbon seizure and storage and ‘transitional fuels’. This isn't the case. For a habitable planet, we need a full section of all fossil fuels.
• It is apparent that eight years on from the Paris Agreement, we are still well off route to restricting global warming to at least one. Five°C and preclude the worst effects of the weather crisis. In this important decade, all nations must beautify the ambition and implementation of weather movements. Nations must work now to transform their electricity systems and replace polluting fossil fuels with clean and cheaper renewable electricity, including wind and solar, at an unparalleled velocity and scale.”

Alex Mason, Head of Climate and Energy at the WWF European Policy Office

Stated: “This can now not be the large jump we want to forestall runaway climate exchange, but the name for a move away from fossil fuels and for improved motion on that during this critical decade is a big breakthrough. Given its wealth and duty for historical emissions, the EU ought to lead by example by increasing its previous 55% target for 2030, committing to accomplishing climate neutrality by using 2040, and vastly scaling up monetary help for the global South.”

The European Union also urgently wishes to reform its perverse bioenergy policies, lest they be copied by different countries. If the tripling of renewable energy agreed at COP28 is met via burning timber and plants, that might spell catastrophe for the climate,” he delivered.

Stephen Cornelius, WWF Deputy Global Climate and Energy Lead

Stephen Cornelius, WWF Deputy International Climate and Strength Lead, stated: “Finance is key to unlocking climate action. The early selection to operationalize the Loss and Harm Fund turned into a vital step. The various pledges we have heard at COP28, at the same time as being welcome, are a drop in the ocean compared to what is needed. The

funding pot will now need to develop by orders of magnitude to correctly help people in harm's way. The need for loss and damage and edition funding will most effectively toretainhrust hastily if countries do not make investments more in reducing emissions and phasing out polluting fossil fuels.” Fernanda Carvalho, WWF worldwide and power policy lead, stated: “Along with phasing out fossil fuels, nature is imperative to powerful weather motion. It is disappointing to see entries no longer together with the recommendation through the IPCC to protect 30 to 50% of all ecosystems. This must have been the instant when international locations were dedicated to tackling climate and nature emergencies in parallel. To reduce emissions and build greater resilience to rising temperatures, there is a pressing need to restore nature and rethink food systems."