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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BELEM, Brazil, November 23 (Xinhua) — Global cooperation on climate issues remains vibrant and resilient despite the unfavorable political environment, Simon Steele, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said on Saturday.
"We knew this year's conference would take place in a turbulent political environment. Denial, division, and geopolitics have dealt international cooperation heavy blows this year," Steele said in a statement assessing the results of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30).
Despite this, he emphasized that governments around the world have reaffirmed their commitment to action. "COP30 demonstrated that climate cooperation is alive and well, supporting humanity in its fight for a habitable planet with a firm commitment to keeping warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius," he said.
"I'm not saying we're winning the fight against climate change. But we're certainly still in it and fighting back," said Steele, adding that 194 countries have demonstrated "strong solidarity" in support of climate cooperation.
He noted that the international community has sent a unified signal on the direction of global efforts to combat climate change: “The global transition to low greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience is irreversible and is the trend of the future.”
S. Steele said the world must now accelerate the implementation of national climate plans and maintain the momentum achieved in Belém. "As we leave here, our task is to keep climate at the top of the agenda for another fifty years," he said.
COP30 concluded on Saturday in Belém, capital of the state of Pará, with the adoption of an outcome document entitled “Global Mutirao: Uniting Humanity in a Global Mobilization against Climate Change” after approximately two weeks of negotiations under the Brazilian Presidency. –0–
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