This was one of the EU's key demands for the COP29 climate summit. But it was lost in the conflict-filled final hours of the summit, which ended Sunday night.
It was not possible to reach agreement on confirming a text on how to follow up on the decision from last year's climate summit on fossil fuels. Here, the countries otherwise agreed to move away from their use.
- I think it is extremely sad that you can hold a climate summit without raising the security (ed.) that there will be reductions at the other end, says Climate Minister Lars Aagaard (M) to Ritzau after the agreement was adopted on Sunday.
- It is disappointing, and on behalf of Denmark I am really sorry.
Before the start of the climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the EU had made it clear that it wanted a clear program for how the world should ensure new and more CO2 reductions.
It would also try to build on the agreement from COP28 in Dubai last year, where the world decided for the first time that it should move away from fossil fuels. These were tough demands in the negotiations, which were not met.
- The only good thing to say is that there is a new day tomorrow, and that the fight continues, says Aagaard.
Pleased with agreement on climate financing
He is also pleased that a new goal for climate financing for developing countries' climate fight was successfully adopted. Here, the rich countries are to take the lead in raising 300 billion dollars per year - three times as much as now - by 2035.
At the same time, there is an even bigger goal that the world's countries, in cooperation, should raise the figure to 1,300 billion dollars when everything is counted.
- We also opened a door for more people to contribute. It is on a voluntary basis, but that is as far as we could go this time, says Lars Aagaard.
A key point for Denmark and the EU has been that the group of donor countries be expanded, as it currently does not include large countries such as China and Saudi Arabia. This is because a definition from the 1990s is still used, when the countries had a completely different economic capacity than today.
And that is not changing, even though the countries are encouraged to contribute. The agreement emphasizes that it does not change the status of the various countries in the UN system.
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