Global stocktake draft text, Greenpeace comment

In response to the global stocktake draft text, Kaisa Kosonen, Head of Delegation, Greenpeace International: “This isn’t yet the decision that the world needs or deserves but there are some improvements in the call to transition away from fossil fuels. The signal that the fossil industry has been afraid of is here: ending the fossil fuel era, along with a call to massively scale up renewables and efficiency this decade, but it’s buried under many dangerous distractions and without sufficient means to achieve it in a fair and fast manner.

There is a call for an equitable transition away from fossil fuel and to achieve net zero by 2050, and we know that this, coupled with sustainability and done in line with 1.5 will necessitate a phase out of fossil fuels by mid century. 

What we need now is a final outcome on the fossil fuel phase out without all these dangerous distractions and loopholes. And we will need a stronger commitment on financial support for those developing countries that need it to transition their energy systems, along with a recognition that developed countries need to move fastest. So countries still have a lot to do.”