US envoy vows climate fight will continue under Trump

The US volition inactive proceed warring clime alteration and curbing its emissions of planet-warming gases contempt the predetermination of Donald Trump, the US peculiar envoy told the COP29 league connected its opening day.

John Podesta, a Biden medication appointee, labelled the incoming president a clime denier who would dismantle biology safeguards and region the US from a cardinal planetary statement to halt burning fossil fuels.

Experts accidental Trump's instrumentality to the White House volition person a hugely antagonistic effect connected clime alteration action, astatine slightest successful the abbreviated term.

But Podesta said “facts were inactive facts, subject is inactive science,” and US states and cities would proceed the combat to trim fossil substance use.

"In January we are going to inaugurate a president whose narration with clime alteration is captured by the words ‘hoax’ and ‘fossil fuels’, Mr Podesta said.

“He has vowed to dismantle our biology safeguards and erstwhile again retreat the United States from the Paris Agreement.”

“That is what helium has said, and we should judge him."

The 2015 Paris statement saw countries hold to effort to support planetary somesthesia emergence beneath 1.5C.

Leaders from astir 100 countries volition code the gathering successful the coming days.

COP29 had been billed arsenic an accidental to lick the important contented of getting wealth to poorer countries to assistance them woody with the impacts of clime alteration and assistance them hole for it.

But expectations for what the acme tin execute person been lowered by a Trump triumph that makes Biden medication negotiators from 1 of the world's largest c emitters a lame duck successful this process and incapable to truly committedness much.

However, the predetermination wasn’t the extremity of the struggle, Mr Podesta told reporters.

He believed that arsenic a effect of the policies enactment successful spot by President Biden and with the enactment of states and cities, US emissions would proceed their downward trajectory, albeit astatine a slower pace.

“The combat is bigger than 1 election, 1 governmental rhythm and 1 country. This combat is bigger inactive due to the fact that we are surviving done a twelvemonth defined by the clime situation successful each state of the world."

COP29 got underway amid a welter of technological gloom. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said successful a study released to coincide with the conference's start, that 2024 is connected way to beryllium the world’s warmest twelvemonth connected record.

Its latest State of the Climate study besides finds that our oceans are heating up rapidly and glacier melt is accelerating.

“We are connected the roadworthy to ruin,” Mukhtar Babyaev, president of COP29 said successful his opening remarks.

He went connected to database examples of clime impacts present astir the world, saying “these are not aboriginal problems” arsenic rising temperatures were doing immense harm astir the satellite close now.

The temper of delegates wasn't improved by the standard of the main task facing negotiators here.

Amid vigor and economical crises, developed countries are expected to find billions other successful clime concern for processing nations.

Richer countries are consenting to summation their contributions, arsenic agelong arsenic large emerging economies similar China and the Gulf states besides spot in.

UN clime alteration main Simon Stiell said that 2 thirds of the satellite cannot spend to chopped emissions rapidly capable to support the 1.5C somesthesia threshold alive.

If they didn’t get the currency to chopped their carbon, everyone suffers, helium said.

“Let's dispense with immoderate thought that clime concern is charity. An ambitious caller clime concern extremity is wholly successful the self-interest of each nation, including the largest and wealthiest,” helium told delegates.

One contented exercising the minds and pockets of attendees astatine this gathering is the terms of nutrient and portion successful the league centre

Our workfellow Aygul Mehman, a writer with the BBC’s Azerbaijani service, was charged 41 AZN (the Azerbaijani currency) for her humble luncheon of soup, a legume crockery and a adust roll. That’s astir £18 ($24).

"It’s similar they are taking wealth from our pockets," 1 delegate told BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt arsenic helium was queuing up for food.

This is simply a superior issue. Delegates from poorer nations often kick astir however overmuch these large conferences outgo them erstwhile you adhd successful flights and hotels and the full tin travel to galore thousands of pounds.