After a second night of extensions, COP 29 finally ended in Baku, Azerbaijan. The negotiations were concluded yesterday. A signature in bitterness. 300 billion dollars annually will be released for the countries of the South. Better than nothing for some, insulting for others. The countries most exposed to the effects of climate change estimated their needs at 1,300 billion dollars.
“We leave Baku with a mountain of work to do” declared the head of the UN Climate Simon Stiell, very measured on the outcome of the negotiations. A COP also marked by the fractures openly displayed. Yesterday in the plenary session, several country representatives slammed the door, feeling cheated .
They also criticize the lack of transparency of this COP. “A climate of confusion” believes French Minister for Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher. A certain way of leading debates, more pro-oil than pro-climate. What conclusions can we therefore draw from these two weeks of negotiations and this agreement? Analysis with the guest of this newspaper, Céline Kauffmann, program director of IDDRI, the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations.
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