As far as he could know Scopeat least three Foreign Ministry officials and the Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Sports of Daniel Scioli, who traveled especially to the meeting – but who could not be in the main debates during the first two days – received an unwavering order from Buenos Aires to suspend their activities, leave the country and return to Argentina.
A fourth member of the delegation, the Argentine ambassador in Baku, Mariángeles Bellusci, He was at the opening ceremony, but he was also instructed to withdraw from the event.
The official delegation could not even enter the baku olympic stadiumwhere the summit takes place, since they were waiting for an order from Buenos Aires to advance with their agenda. Its purpose was participate, listen and dialogue with climate leaders from other countries and specialists from related NGOs. However, They could barely do their job.
Those who were able to stay at the summit were delegates sent by the provinces of Santa Fe and Córdobaamong others.
The UN climate summit is held every year, with the participation of more than 200 countries and more than 100,000 registered delegates.
This measure coincided with the presentation of an international award given at the summit by theGlobal Center for Adaptation (GCA) to four initiatives before extreme weather eventsamong which stood out the work of the Latin American branch of the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) in Barrio 20 of Villa Luganoin the city of Buenos Aires.
As revealed Energy Reportin the Argentine winning case, the Institute was distinguished for its project that uses nature-based solutions to combat the impacts of worsening heat waves in the residents of the southern part of the neighborhood, previously known as Villa 20.
Why Javier Milei withdrew the Argentine delegation from COP29
The decision of Javier Milei obeys a position against policies to combat climate changea position similar to that of donald trumpthe re-elected president of the United States whom the president will visit this Friday at his mansion in Florida.
Unlike the Democratic administration of outgoing President Joe Biden, Donald Trump once again threatens to withdraw completely from the Paris agreement.
As revealed by sources present at COP29, Milei’s decision to withdraw the Argentine envoys caused stupor and “great commotion” in the two negotiating groups in which Argentina participates: the southern group with Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador and Paraguay and the G77 plus China.
Despite the withdrawal demanded by Milei, Argentina cannot withdraw from the Paris Agreementthe experts stated. The country joined in 2013 and was ratified by Congress in 2016. To exit, the process of withdrawing from COP29 takes a year.
What is being debated at COP29 in Baku
The annual climate change conference (COP29) It opened on Monday, November 11 in Baku with calls for global cooperation, under the impact of Donald Trump’s electoral victory in the United States.
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The great annual climate event, under the auspices of the UN, runs until Friday, November 22, while the world heads to break another temperature record.
“We are heading towards ruin. And these are not about future problems. Climate change is already here,” the president of COP29, the Minister of Ecology of Azerbaijan, Mukhtar Babaiev, warned at the opening ceremony. “The moment of truth has arrived,” he added.
What was the first measure approved by COP29
One of the first measures adopted in the COP29 was the approval of the rules for the international carbon market, after a long and tense negotiating session to approve the agenda.
The new rules primarily concern countries – especially rich polluters – that seek to offset their emissions by buying credits from nations that have reduced greenhouse gases beyond what they had promised.
The adopted criteria regulate the methodology for calculating the number of credits that a given project can generate, as well as what happens if the stored carbon is lost, for example if the forest that served as backup burns down.
Donald Trump’s rejection of climate action
The carbon market rules They were pending approval since the historic 2015 Paris Agreement (COP21). And it is that Agreement, the basis of all the negotiations of the last decade, that the United States could abandon in January, when Trump assumes power.
The Republican president already did so during his first presidential term (2017-2021), a measure that he immediately revoked Joe Biden when replacing it.
“I want to tell you that although the federal government in the United States, under Donald Trump, may put climate action on the back burner, the work will continue, with passion and commitment”assured the current special climate envoy of the Democratic government, John Podesta.
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Donald Trump is already preparing the US’s departure from the Paris Climate Agreement
The transition team of the president-elect of USADonald Trump, prepared this Friday decrees on the exit from the Climate Agreement Paris, as he maintains The New York Times. This is an agreement that limits the increase in global temperature, in the face of its climatic consequences.
In addition to this decision, they seek to reduce the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining. Trump would also end a pause on permitting new natural gas export terminals. Besides, would revoke an exemption which allows California and other states to have stricter pollution standardsaccording to the report.
Some people on your team are debating moving the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters out of Washingtonaccording to the report, which cites people involved in the conversations.
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