Choo said global audiences tend to \u2013 but should not \u2013 underestimate Beijing\u2019s climate ambitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cChina’s been quiet, but it\u2019s getting deal-making done. China is concerned about (climate) partially because of their own domestic environment \u2013 they want to clean up industries, decarbonise and electrify for their own sake,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd what China is doing then has knock-on effects for other countries.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS?<\/p>\n
Analysts say the structural challenges behind fossil fuel dependence remain immense.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings aren’t black and white in the journey to green,\u201d said Johnstone.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, a lot of states are bankrolled on fossil fuels, so it’s unsurprising that any roadmap to their cessation can be seen as a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chin agreed, noting that countries are reluctant to commit to expedited fossil fuel phase-outs as clean energy transitions remain costly, and especially as the world\u2019s biggest emitters like the US and China have resisted doing so themselves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, many economies are following the Americans. Many countries find that if we drill more \u2026 oil prices will be stabilised. (Both) poor countries and the world’s biggest economies benefit from stabilised oil prices,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, countries like China and India, who are major consumers of oil \u2013 they also jump on board. Because (otherwise), it will affect the growth rates.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The stalemate over fossil fuels has ultimately prompted a separate international conference scheduled for next April in Colombia, co-hosted by the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnstone said: \u201cThis represents a strong signal that if the UN system can’t deliver, other countries are going to step in. I hope we can see further pressure building from the sidelines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Choo summed up the challenge that continues to plague climate negotiations: \u201cIt’s difficult to talk about climate when we’re worried about our own incomes, housing, medical costs \u2013 and (that\u2019s the) same at a national level.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it matters. The effects of climate change will make our lives worse. Even if we don’t live to see it, our children will see it. That’s the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Choo said global audiences tend to \u2013 but should not \u2013 underestimate Beijing\u2019s climate ambitions.\u00a0 \u201cChina’s been quiet,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,161749,75,128,172550],"class_list":{"0":"post-312453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cop30-summit","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-un-climate-conference"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}