The oil states are among the few countries that can go home happy from the COP29 summit in Baku. This is the assessment of Kirsten Halsnæs, a professor of climate and economics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
- I would say that it is a great loss that nothing has been included in the agreement text regarding the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. So the oil-producing and coal-producing countries must be happy about that. I wonder if they are the only ones who are really happy. says the professor.
Kirsten Halsnæs highlights that in the climate agreement from COP28 in Dubai last year it was mentioned that the world must move away from fossil fuels. This year's climate agreement does not mention anything about phasing out fossil fuels - i.e. coal, oil and gas.
- Fossil fuels are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and it is important to keep an eye on them, says Kirsten Halsnæs.
Professor of climate change at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) Sebastian Mernild calls the new climate agreement a "weakening" compared to the climate agreement from COP28.
- It is disappointing and worrying that the agreement from Dubai is not being reaffirmed, says Sebastian Mernild.
- We know very well what the consequences are if we continue to emit greenhouse gases. It is that the world will become significantly warmer than what we see today, he adds.
The result of COP28 marked the first time that fossil fuels have been mentioned in an agreement from the UN climate conference. Several environmental organizations have expressed their disappointment with the COP29 agreement. They believe that the agreement is insufficient and a step backwards for the climate.
- The fossil fuel industry has been spared any responsibility, and they will laugh all the way to the bank, says Tracy Carty, a climate policy expert at Greenpeace, in a press release.
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