The outcome of the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministerial Meeting towards climate change was underwhelming, said Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The fourth and final G-20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) and Environment and Climate Ministers meeting concluded in Chennai on Friday without a final communique on climate change. G20 members account for 85% of the world’s GDP and 80% of emissions.
“We expected a strong, coherent signal, but we did not get that,” Mr. Stiell said at an interactive session orgainsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). “With only 123 days left for the COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, we have a lot of work to do in terms of mobilising political support and will that will be needed to land a successful outcome from the conference,” he said.
