The executive secretary of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Steil, announced that the commitments under the Kyoto Protocol regarding climate change can be evaluated later, pointing to the weakness of the available penalties for those countries that exceed the specified targets. He stressed the importance of assessing strong and binding commitments for the long term to combat climate change instead of symbolic commitments.
According to the "Carbon Brief" website, the major countries that bear 83% of emissions responsible for climate change might disregard their commitments. The severity of the crisis has increased with the rise in global temperatures to unprecedented levels and increased incidents of flooding, leading countries to take urgent measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
The commitments of major countries focus on assessing "specific contributions on the national level," which is one of the basic pillars of the Paris Agreement on climate. With the final deadline approaching for assessing these plans, it appears that these countries are not ready, reflecting the fragility of the international system in dealing with climate change crises.
Political shifts towards extreme right movements in some democracies have led to deprioritizing climate issues, while the decline in government spending on dedicated climate issues reflects a declining trust between poor and rich countries. The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement has led to a setback in global efforts to combat climate change.
On its part, Niklas Hohn, one of the participants in UN reports related to climate emissions, mentioned that the world’s engagement with other crises may overshadow the importance of the climate issue, warning of the consequences of not taking prompt and effective actions to limit the impacts of climate change.
On the global front, the European Union describes itself as the "global leader" on climate issues, negotiating to set new commitments in this regard, while China continues to play a significant role in working on climate plans that commit it to significantly reduce its emissions, which is considered an important step towards global action to address climate change.