With COP26 in Overtime, Draft Deal Denounced as 'Clear Betrayal by Rich Nations' The U.S.'s blockage of loss and damage finance is a betrayal of the communities most impacted by the climate catastrophe." "Paying that climate debt of loss and damage is a matter of fundamental justice. must reach into its deep pockets to pay its fair share to the people who suffer from a crisis they did little to create," Su said.
"As the largest historic emitter of climate-heating pollution, the U.S. The United States also joined with the European Union and the United Kingdom-which hosted the conference-to quash the proposed creation of a new mechanism to make rich nations pay for the devastating climate impacts that global frontline communities are already enduring. "Real climate leadership came from countries like Denmark and Costa Rica who led the historic Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, committing to ending the fossil fuel era." "In Glasgow President Biden showed he's content with the status quo of relentless fossil fuel pollution punishing people and the planet," said Su. Global Alliance Launches With the Goal of Bringing About the 'End of Oil and Gas' support for a pledge to phase out coal-fired power plants and a "groundbreaking" new alliance. Su's group pointed out that declaring a national climate emergency "would allow the president to reinstate the crude oil export ban and use military funds to deploy just and distributed energy systems in the communities most harmed by the fossil-fueled energy system."Īlthough Biden attended the summit last week and his administration is backing global efforts to cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, end public financing of fossil fuels, and halt deforestation, the center's statement noted lack of U.S. Failing to act on fossil fuels is beyond climate denial, it's climate atrocity." "President Biden can use his unique set of executive powers to stop fossil fuel project approvals and declare a climate emergency, but he isn't. "We're in a five-alarm fire, but Biden refuses to use a firehose," Su said in a statement. The fresh demands built on previous comments and calls throughout COP26-such as a Friday statement Food & Water Watch, whose policy director Mitch Jones said that "this White House should fulfill its campaign promise to stop oil and gas drilling on public lands, put an end to oil and gas exports, and stop approving new dirty energy power plants and pipelines."Īs the summit ended a day late with the pact that critics worry won't lead to the international community meeting the Paris agreement's 1.5☌ temperature goal for this century, Jean Su, energy justice director at the Center for Biological Diversity, highlighted U.S. "Failing to act on fossil fuels is beyond climate denial, it's climate atrocity." President Joe Biden faced growing pressure to improve both his national and global policies.
As climate campaigners worldwide on Saturday slammed the United Nations summit in Scotland and its resulting Glasgow Climate Pact as betrayals of the Global South by rich countries that have polluted the planet, U.S.