Appel de l'ONU à lever les blocages tactiques à la COP28

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Une nouvelle dynamique pour mettre fin aux énergies fossiles anime la 28e conférence climatique des Nations unies à Dubaï, malgré l'opposition grandissante de l'Arabie saoudite, de plus en plus isolée, et l'incertitude entourant les termes d'un éventuel compromis à seulement 24 heures de la fin. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 A new dynamic to end fossil fuels is the 28th United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai,

00:06 despite growing opposition from Saudi Arabia, which is increasingly isolated, and uncertainty

00:10 surrounding the terms of a possible compromise only 24 hours before the end.

00:14 A new agreement is planned for Monday morning, the penultimate day of the conference.

00:19 UN climate chief Simon Stiel has exhorted countries to eliminate "useless tactical obstacles".

00:26 UN climate chief Simon Stiel has called on the United Nations to eliminate "useless tactical obstacles"

00:31 on Monday, December 11, on the eve of the conference's scheduled end,

00:36 focused on the future of fossil fuels.

00:40 "We are now here to discuss two topics," he said in Dubai, citing the drop in greenhouse gas emissions

00:46 and the means to support the transition of less developed countries,

00:49 while a new final text proposal is expected.

00:53 Clearly, it remains to be found a compromise on the exit or, at least, the reduction of fossil fuels,

00:58 while ensuring financing for the poorest countries.

01:02 "The two topics are inseparable," he said in substance.

01:06 "The highest levels of ambition are possible for the two topics," Simon Stiel hammered.

01:11 "I urge negotiators to reject incrementalism.

01:15 Each step back in relation to the ambition for the highest cost of millions of lives,

01:19 "each step back in relation to the ambition for the highest cost of millions of lives," he said,

01:23 underlining his opposition to a "small-step" policy.

01:27 "We don't have a minute to lose," he also pressed,

01:30 while the COP28 is theoretically due to end on Tuesday,

01:33 but that central issues still remain to be resolved.

01:36 The Emirati President of the COP28, Sultan Al-Jaber,

01:39 head of the National Petroleum Company,

01:42 promised a historic agreement as early as December 12,

01:44 the anniversary day of the Paris Agreement.

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