EU chief climate negotiator disappointed by G20

Only a handful of members have notified their contributions to the UN despite being asked to do so by 31 March

Speaking at the Swedish Embassy in Washington on 21 April at a stock-taking seminar on the ongoing UN climate talks, Artur Runge-Metzger, head of international climate strategy at the European Commission, voiced “a little disappointment” that so few G20 countries have come forward with their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs). Apart from the four EU members in the G20, only Mexico, Russia and the United States have done so. China is expected to submit at the “end of June,” noted…

Major Economies Forum

On 19-20 April, the US State Department hosted a forum of the world's 17 largest emitters, with 11 other countries being invited. Speaking to the press at the end of this Major Economies Forum, US Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern said “we're in a better place” than in the run-up to the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit. Stern praised Mexico's “excellent submission,” noted Canada continued to “work on the when and the what” of its INDC, said Saudi Arabia was being “more constructive” than it had been, and noted the “somewhat different perspective” of Australia's new government. Only a handful of members have notified their contributions to the UN despite being asked to do so by 31 March.

EU chief climate negotiator disappointed by G20

Major Economies Forum

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