Patterson urges G20 leaders to prioritise climate justice - Jamaica Observer

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : South Africa chose 'Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability' as the theme of its presidency of the G20, which comprises 19 countries and two regional bodies -- the European Union and the African Union -- and accounts for 85 per cent of global GDP.
53% : It recalls the consensus reached in 2023 at COP28 in Dubai, which called for the world to transition away from fossil fuels.
52% : Additionally, during the climate summit, developing nations had pushed the EU and other developed economies to pledge more money to help them adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as floods and droughts, and move toward a low-carbon future.
46% : The EU had resisted the appeals but the deal calls for efforts to "at least triple" adaptation finance by 2035.
43% : "When there is an elimination of any target levels for the reduction and the removal of fossil fuels as a main source of energy, instead of going forward, we're going backward," Patterson said.
38% : He expressed disappointment that the deal reached at the United Nations climate summit (COP30) in Brazil on Saturday does not include what was being pushed as a "road map" to phase out fossil fuels.
26% : The European Union (EU), which had warned that the COP30 summit could end without a deal if fossil fuels were not addressed, accepted the watered-down language.

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