COP29: Backslide in Baku as 1.5C wiped from mitigation text

Published 07:47 on November 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:57 on November 22, 2024  / , , and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

A late-stage presidency text for the Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) has eliminated any mention of the Paris Agreement's global warming limit goals, and repeated its exclusion of ‘fossil fuels’ or ‘renewables’ language, reversing course on last year’s landmark COP28 Global Stocktake (GST). 
A late-stage presidency text for the Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) has eliminated any mention of the Paris Agreement's global warming limit goals, and repeated its exclusion of ‘fossil fuels’ or ‘renewables’ language, reversing course on last year’s landmark COP28 Global Stocktake (GST). 


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