As climate talks go into overtime, world awaits consensus on draft resolution

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said through a spokesperson that he believes “an ambitious outcome is in sight.” Delegates from nearly 200 nations are working to keep alive goals set at a meeting in Paris in 2015 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).

As the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow moves  into overtime on Saturday, the world awaits with bated breath to see if nations are able to reach a consensus on a draft resolution,     a Frontline report says

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said through a spokesperson that he believes “an ambitious outcome is in sight.” Delegates from nearly 200 nations are working to keep alive goals set at a meeting in Paris in 2015 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).

Meanwhile, John Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, told reporters on November 12, “It’s going to finish sometime in the wee hours, maybe even into tomorrow.” 

“It depends a lot on how quickly countries decide to really come together”, he added

Kerry sat with his E.U. counterpart Frans Timmermans and the leaders of imperiled South Pacific Island nations where survival is threatened by rising waters. 

“For many of you it is not existential in the future, it is existential today,” Kerry said. “People are dying today. All around the world, the impacts are being felt, today”, he added

A draft resolution would, requires nations to make harder pledges next year, considering current targets and what is actually needed to prevent an all-out climate catastrophe. 

the final deal in Glasgow will be the outcome of balancing the interests of the most climate-vulnerable nations like islands in the South Pacific, the world’s most industrialised and wealthiest nations, and countries whose exports of fossil fuels are essential as an economic concern.

The latest draft notes that according to scientists, the world must cut carbon dioxide emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels by 2030, and to net-zero by “around mid-century.” Only then will Earth hit the 1.5-degree target, a way to benchmark future climate pledges. 

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