– We need more money, and in principle everyone who has the ability is asked to join and contribute, says Dutch Hoekstra to the British. observer.
The question of how the world’s most advanced and industrialized countries should help the least developed and most vulnerable countries will be high on the agenda when the international climate conference COP28 is held next week.
In previous agreements, China and many other major countries were classified as developing countries, but they achieved tremendous growth. The European Union, like the United States, is demanding that China, which produces a third of global greenhouse gases, be forced to bear greater responsibility. They also point to the oil-producing countries in the Arab world.
– To China and other countries that have experienced significant economic growth and much higher prosperity than thirty years ago, I would say that this comes with responsibility. In short, because it’s fair and because the problem is so big that we really need everyone, says Wopke Hoekstra.
He took his seat in the European Commission last October, succeeding his compatriot Frans Timmermans, who left his position to participate in the Dutch parliamentary elections.
Wopke Hoekstra was former Foreign Minister of the Netherlands. Before that, he worked at fossil fuel giant Shell, and at consulting giant McKinsey, which works with a number of the world’s largest gas, oil and coal companies. This background has raised major questions among environmental activists.
The Paris Agreement is a global climate agreement agreed upon by countries around the world in 2015. It officially entered into force in November 2016.
Under the agreement, global warming must be kept well below 2 degrees compared to pre-industrial levels, with the ambition to limit this to 1.5 degrees. This must be done primarily by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The parties to the agreement must gradually tighten their obligations.
Part of the agreement relates to increasing capacity to adapt to negative impacts and manage damage and losses that occur as a result of climate change.
The basic idea of the agreement is that countries with the best conditions should take the initiative and that industrialized countries should provide support to developing countries. This must be done through climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building.
“Unapologetic writer. Bacon enthusiast. Introvert. Evil troublemaker. Friend of animals everywhere.”
More Stories
Michael Cohen, Trump's aide, continues to be questioned in a New York court.
Urgent appeal from Google: To all Google Chrome users
Kim Jong Un shows off his “beloved daughter” again