Overtime
The U.N. Climate Summit (COP29) reached a deal, but the process wasn’t pretty.
COP29 was supposed to conclude Friday; however, negotiations spiraled and couldn’t be salvaged until the wee hours of Sunday. In the end, attendees made a (non-binding) deal for rich countries to provide $300 billion/year to support poorer countries in the face of climate change; that’s up from the already-committed $100 billion/year but far below the $1.3 trillion/year requested by developing countries.
While some delegates gave the deal a standing ovation, India’s representative called it “a paltry sum,” saying the entire two-week process had been “stage managed.”
The deal also gave a framework for next year’s summit––to be held in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest––where countries are scheduled to map out an action plan for the next decade.
Verse to consider as you seek to care wisely for both God’s creation and your neighbors… “Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.… took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.”
Genesis 2:7, 15 (CSB) (read full passage)