Buon compleanno CAN!

La rete internazionale di associazioni che operano per combattere il cambiamento climatico compie oggi 25 anni. Moderatamente positivo il giudizio espresso dal CAN sui lavori preparatori per la prossima COP 20 di Lima, chiusi ieri: “I Bonn Talks segnano il calcio di avvio per il futuro accordo sul clima di Parigi”

As the UN climate negotiations in Bonn come to a close today, Climate Action Network members have cautiously welcomed the slow drumbeat building towards the international agreement due to be signed in Paris at the end of next year.

Countries have agreed to further flesh out the content of 2015 agreement by the next session in October where negotiations must kick up a gear in order to stay on track. The co-chairs of the negotiations  on the Paris agreement said they would issue a new informal text by July 15 and more than 60 countries announced their support for a phase out of carbon pollution in line with CAN’s own long term vision.

This momentum around the international climate agreement was matched with good news from the capitals –  going into the negotiations, leading emitters such as the US and China, among other countries, gave strong political signals on climate action, announced plans to reduce emissions and introduced new plans to scale up renewable energy.