Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely.
The latest draft proposals from the meeting’s chair released Friday call on countries to accelerate “the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels.”
There was a mixed response from observers at the talks on how significant the addition of the words “unabated” and “inefficient” was. Helen Mountford, a senior climate expert at the World Resources Institute, said allowing countries to determine which subsidies they consider inefficient would water down the agreement.Even so, the explicit reference to ending at least some state support for oil, gas and coal offered"a strong hook for phasing out fossil fuels subsidies, so its good to have it in there,” she said.
The latest draft reflects those concerns, expressing “deep regret” that the $100 billion goal hasn't been met and urging rich countries to scale up their funding. According to the proposed decision, countries plan to express “alarm and utmost concern” that human activities have already caused around 1.1C of global warming “and that impacts are already being felt in every region.”
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