There will be those who condemn the Glasgow COP a failure, and others that hail it a success.
On a meeting level where 197 countries + Europe need to agree on outcomes based upon using a consensus process, it is somewhere in between.
The decision text incorporates the science and the urgency, but then fails to step up with the requisite actions to match the science.
The science says we are still causing too much greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, heading for around 2.4 degrees Celsius Global warming by the end of the century according to Climate Action Tracker assessment released 9 November: Glasgow’s 2030 credibility gap. Many countries targets (such as Australia) are still far from sufficient.
And the science as provided in the IPCC 6th Assessment report has only got clearer that passing 1.5 degrees poses enormous risks to life and health, biodiversity, and passing tipping points in the climate system making reversing global heating more difficult. The UN Secretary General called it a Code Red for Humanity.
We are losing the race against time to bring emissions under control. The Paris climate target of 1.5C is almost out of our reach.
So what were the outcomes of the Glasgow Climate Pact?
