DEGREES CELSIUS. HERE TO
DISCUSS MORE IS CAROL MONTH THE
PRESIDENT CEO OF THE CENTER FOR
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW. CAROL CAN YOU FURTHER
EXPLAIN THAT GOALS OF THE
CONFERENCE IN JUST HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS.
>> I THINK THE CONFERENCE IS
CRITICALLY HIM.
>> HORTON WE'RE AT A MOMENT
WHERE THAT.
>> YOU SEE HE TELLS US THAT WE
NEED TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASED
AMBITION IF WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP.
>> WARRING BELOW
1.5 DEGREES. THAT MEANS CUTTING
GLOBAL EMISSIONS VIRTUALLY IN
HALF WITHIN MIDDLE NOW NEXT
DAY.
AND INCREASING THAT AMBITION IS
THE CHALLENGE THAT SENATOR THIS
COP.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL LIKELY
SHOW UP TO THIS SUMMIT WITH NOT
A
LOT PAST. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK
IS THE COME OF THIS AND HOW DO
YOU THINK THE OTHER COUNTRIES
WILL VIEW THIS.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE U.S. HAS A
LONG HISTORY IN THE CLIMATE
NEGOTIATIONS OF MAKING
COMMITMENTS AND
NOT DELIVERING AND SO THE FACT
THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
HAS.
>> THE PROPOSAL
BEFORE COM RISK IS CERTAINLY
POSITIVE. BUT THE CRITICAL
QUESTION. THE WORLD'S GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT IS WHAT IS IN
THAT PROPOSAL. SO EVEN IF IT
DOES PASS, IS IT GOING TO MAKE
A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO
CLIMATE ACTION. WHAT WE'RE
SEEING IN THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS
RELEASED YESTERDAY IS THAT
THERE ARE
A NUMBER A REALLY GOOD
PROVISIONS THAT WOULD MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION TO ADDRESSING
CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT AT THE
SAME TIME PROPOSAL IS STILL
BATTLING DOWN
ON SUBSIDIES FOR FOR FOSSIL
FUELS DOUBLING KNOWN BALL
SOLUTIONS LIKE CARBON CAPTURE
AND STORAGE
AND HYDROGEN THAT ARE LIKELY TO
CONTINUE TO COME POW
THE TIME CRISIS AND SO I THINK
THE BIG QUESTION THAT THE WORLD
IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS IS
THE U.S. ACTUALLY INVESTING IN
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL
WORK AND THAT WILL DELIVER
RESULTS.
>> NOW
CHINA RECENTLY SAID NO TO
CUTTING DOWN EMISSIONS DO YOU
THINK OTHER COUNTRIES WILL
POINT TO CHINA AND SAY WELL IF
THEY'RE NOT DOING IT WE DON'T
NEED TO DO YOU THINK
THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY
SHOWING UP TO THIS CONFERENCE
WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE ENERGY
TO PUT IN TO MAKE CHANGES AND
NOT JUST MAKE PROMISES.
>> I ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU
KNOW WE SEE SOME COUNTRIES
TAKING ACTION AND MAKING
REAL COMMITMENTS AND THEY TEND
TO BE UNFORTUNATELY SMALLER
COUNTRIES AT THE SAME TIME WE
SEE EUROPE STARTING TO
MAKE PROGRESS CHINA DESPITE THE
U.S. TENNESSEE TO BLAME CHINA
IS ACTUALLY TAKING A NUMBER OF
STEPS THAT YOU KNOW.
>> IT IS LEADING THE WORLD IN
SOLAR ENERGY AND THE WAY THE
U.S.
IS NOT. CHINA IS LEADING THE
WORLD IN THE LEAD-UP LIMITS AND
THE WAY THE U.S. IS NOT CHINA
HAS MUCH FARTHER STILL
TO GO THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO FOR THE U.S. LOOK AT WHAT
IT'S BRINGING TO THE TABLE
AND FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION TO
REALLY STEP UP THEIR
COMMITMENTS IN LINE WITH WHAT
THE SCIENCE SAYS IS NECESSARY
AND THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MUCH OF THE WORLD IS LOW BEING
TAKEN TO THE U.S. AND EUROPE
FOR IS ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING
TO MAKE THE FINANCIAL
COMMITMENTS AND DELIVER ON THE
FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS YOU'VE
BEEN PROMISING FOR DECADES TO
HELP THE WORLD ACCELERATE
ACTION.
>> WHAT ARE SOME
THINGS YOU THINK WILL ACTUALLY
COME OUT OF THIS CONFERENCE AND
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU
THINK ARE JUST DON'T STAND A
CHANCE.
>> WELL ONE OF THE 2 THINGS TO
RECOGNIZE IS THAT.
THIS CONFERENCE IS GOING TO
BE MISSING. YES, LARGE
DELEGATION FROM MANY COUNTRIES
IN THE MIDST OF
THE MISSING. MUCH OF GLOBAL
CIVIL SOCIETY BECAUSE OF
VACCINE APARTHEID AND SO ANY
DECISIONS ADOPTED IN THE AT
THIS CONFERENCE
ARE GOING. YOU KNOW FACE A
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WHERE THEY
LEGITIMATELY ADOPTED WHEN MUCH
OF THE WORLD
ISN'T THERE. I THINK THE THING
THAT WE HOPE TO THIS CONFERENCE
IS REAL COMMITMENTS TO
NEW AMBITION. A GROWING NUMBER
OF ALL COUNTRIES THAT ARE
TALKING NOT ABOUT A NET 0
THEY'RE NOT REAL 0 I'M NOW
DELIVERING ON CLIMATE ACTION IN
THE NEXT
10 YEARS NOT YOU KNOW NOT
MAKING ACCOUNTING WORK BY
2050. AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE
THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR AND MUCH OF THE WORLD IS
LOOKING FOR NO ACTION ON LOSS
AND DAMAGE THAT IS TO SAY
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE
MOUNTING CLIMATE IMPACTS THAT
ARE AFFECTING COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE WORLD AND
PARTICULARLY IN THE GLOBAL
SOUTH RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT CAROL MOFFAT