Rich Countries Don Drop Hand For Climate Fight — Cop30 Chief

Rich countries don lose energy to fight di climate wahala, but China don dey move strong for clean energy matter, na wetin André Corrêa do Lago, di Brazilian diplomat wey be Cop30 oga, talk as di UN climate meeting go start for Belém inside Amazon forest. E say instead of dem to dey complain say China don overtake dem, countries suppose copy China way wey don turn di biggest producer and user of low-carbon energy. Corrêa do Lago yarn say di “global north” don slow down but di “global south” dey rise steady, and na why solar panels don cheap and dey everywhere now, good news for di fight against climate change.

Ministers and officials from 194 countries go gather for Cop30 to plan how dem go stay close to di 1.5°C Paris Agreement target, phase out fossil fuels, and help poor countries wey dey suffer pass. But wahala still dey as small island nations like Palau dey push make di world set stronger plans to cut emissions before e too late. Di Brazilian hosts dey focus on “implementation” to make sure di promises don turn action before 2030. Still, disagreement go burst as di conference start, especially as new data show say many countries wey sign di 2021 global methane pledge never keep to di 30% reduction promise. Instead, dem methane emission don rise by 8.5%, with US, Iraq and others leading di increase. Experts dey shout say di world need one strong, binding methane deal before di climate clock run out.