The Foreign Affairs Council adopted conclusions on European climate diplomacy after COP21. The Council highlighted the role of European climate diplomacy in promoting the implementation of the Paris Global Agreement on Climate Change concluded in December 2015. At the Environment Council meeting, ministers discussed the follow-up to the Paris agreement on climate change and its impact on EU climate policy. The agreement stated that it would only enter into force (and therefore fully effective) if 55 countries that produce at least 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions (according to a list drawn up in 2015) [65] ratify, accept, approve or adhere to the agreement. [66] [67] On April 1, 2016, the United States and China, which together account for nearly 40% of global emissions, issued a joint statement confirming that the two countries would sign the Paris climate agreement. [69] 175 contracting parties (174 states and the European Union) signed the agreement on the first day of its signing. [59] [70] On the same day, more than 20 countries announced plans to join the accession as soon as possible in 2016. The ratification by the European Union has achieved a sufficient number of contracting parties to enter into force on 4 November 2016. They also agreed on the organization of the “Talanoa” dialogue in 2018.
It will provide space to assess the joint progress made next year at COP 24 in Poland to achieve long-term climate goals. The EU and its Member States are the world`s largest provider of public climate finance. Its overall contributions of EUR 23.2 billion in 2019 have been successfully directed towards climate change and adaptation initiatives in developing countries. EU heads of state and government have agreed on the climate and energy policy framework for 2030. The European Council has approved four objectives: Article 28 of the agreement allows the parties to withdraw from the agreement after sending a notification of revocation to the custodian. This notification can only take place three years after the agreement for the country comes into force. The payment is made one year after the transfer. Alternatively, the agreement provides that the withdrawal of the UNFCCC, under which the Paris Agreement was adopted, also withdraws the state from the Paris Agreement. The terms of the UNFCCC`s exit are the same as those of the Paris Agreement. There is no provision in the agreement for non-compliance.
The EU`s national contribution to the Paris Agreement is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990, as part of its broader climate and energy framework by 2030. All the main EU legislation to achieve this goal has been adopted by the end of 2018. The Environment Council adopted conclusions on climate change, which underscore the unprecedented urgency needed to step up global efforts to avoid the dangerous effects of climate change, and said that climate change is occurring and its effects are being felt around the world. In these conclusions, environment ministers sent a strong political signal that forms the basis of the EU`s position at the next UN climate change conference (COP24) to be held in Katowice, Poland, in December. As a global problem, climate change requires countries around the world to cooperate. In 2015, world leaders agreed on ambitious new goals in the fight against climate change. The EU is committed to increasing its financial contribution to aid to developing countries in the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The EU and its Member States remain the largest provider of public climate finance, with a total contribution of EUR 20.4 billion in 2017. The 197 “negotiators” committed to developing long-term strategies to develop low-greenhouse gas emissions.