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What changed between the resolution motion and the adopted text
From · resolution motion· 5 Nov 2024
on the UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)
To · adopted text· 14 Nov 2024
UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)
AI:What changed, in short
Changes the EU's share of global emissions from 9% to 6.1%.3 Removes the zero-pollution environment requirement from water strategies.6 Removes the reference to meat overconsumption.8 Drops the call for footprint reduction targets, retaining only measures for circular economy.9 Other changes are formal: decimal commas replaced with points and a wording simplification.1245
4 changes of substance · 4 formal · 1 of wording only
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Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
Changes of substance · 4
Change 3 Substance
AI summary:Changes EU share of worldwide emissions from 9% to 6.1% and adjusts punctuation.
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Changed:I. whereas a collective effort is needed by all parties to achieve global climate targets; whereas EU emissions represent around 96,1 % of worldwide emissions, while the EU population represents 5.75,7 % of the global total;total, , ; whereas decarbonisation in the EU alone will not be enough;
Change 6 Substance
AI summary:Drops the requirement to ensure a zero-pollution environment from the call for water strategies.
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Changed:66. Calls for enhanced international cooperation, including at the level of river basins, to address the growing water crisis, ensure clean and high-quality water, promote sustainable water management and implement nature-based solutions; calls on all parties to adopt water strategies in line with their climate policy, in order to achieve water security, water sustainability and water resilience, while ensuring a zero-pollution environment and universal access to water and sanitation, as well as ensuring no one is left behind and prioritising the protection of vulnerable communities;
Change 8 Substance
AI summary:Removes 'meat and' from the reference to overconsumption of ultra-processed products.
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Changed:91. Stresses that a transition towards more sustainable agricultural practices and shorter supply chains, and shifts towards healthier foods, diets and lifestyles and food waste reduction, will significantly reduce food chain emissions, enhance mitigation and adaptation, relieve pressure on biodiversity and land, reduce air and water pollution and help restore soil quality and ecosystems; reiterates that the overconsumption of meat and ultra-processed products needs to be addressed;
Change 9 Substance
AI summary:Drops the call for targets for reducing material and environmental footprints, keeping only measures for circular economy.
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Changed:98. Notes that the GST highlights the importance of transitioning to sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production in efforts to address climate change, including through circular economy approaches, and that this underscores the need to continue to develop the circular economy in the EU, including by supporting innovation and investment in circular solutions and business models and markets for secondary raw materials, and highlights the importance of waste reduction and increased recycling; recalls the commitment made in the 8th EAP to significantly decrease the EU’s material and consumption footprints so as to bring them within the planetary boundaries as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to develop targets for reducing the EU’s material and environmental footprints, as well as additional measures to accelerate the shift to a circular economy and sustainable resource use, while ensuring a just and inclusive transition;
4 formal changes: legal basis, citations, references, corrections
Change 1 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal commas with decimal points in temperature figures.
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Changed:D. whereas the 2023 UNFCCC synthesis report on NDCs states that the total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level in 2030 is projected to be 2 % below the 2019 level; whereas the first global stocktake (GST) completed in 2023 at COP28 highlights the critical need to limit global warming to 1.51,5 ºC to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; whereas the window for staying below 1.51,5 °C is closing at an alarming rate; whereas emissions are still rising and the emissions gap is widening; whereas the IPCC concludes that in scenarios limiting warming to 1.51,5 °C, GHG emissions need to be 43 % below their 2019 level by 2030;
Change 2 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal commas with decimal points in percentage figures.
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Changed:H. whereas the United States accounts for 24.124,1 % of global cumulative CO2 emissions, the EU27 account for 16.716,7 %, China for 14.714,7 %, Russia for 6.76,7 % and the UK for 4.54,5 %;
Change 4 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal comma with decimal point in temperature figure.
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Changed:U. whereas the IEA has estimated that, to stay below 1.51,5 °C, methane emissions from fossil fuels would need to be cut by 75 % by 2030, and has pointed out that pledges made by countries and companies to date would lead to a cut of only 50 % and that most pledges are not yet backed up by plans for implementation;
Change 5 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal commas with decimal points in temperature and GDP loss figures.
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Changed:5. Notes that global surface air temperature has already increased by close to 1.31,3 °C compared to pre-industrial levels, and that 2023 and summer 2024 were the world’s and Europe’s warmest year and summer on record; underlines that record heatwaves, drought and forest fires caused global gross domestic product loss of around 0.60,6 % in 2023, and that weather and climate-related extreme events caused losses of EUR 650 billion in Europe over the period 1980-2022; emphasises that climate risks will be magnified by any delay in implementing effective measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change, therefore resulting in increasing loss and damage;
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Change 7 Wording
AI summary:Removes the word 'significant' before 'potential' in the context of GHG emissions reductions.
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Changed:90. Stresses, however, that farmers and the agricultural sector are, at the same time, under increasing pressure from the effects of climate change, including rising temperatures, droughts, erratic rainfall and floods, and recognises that they are indispensable partners in ensuring food security, maintaining vibrant rural areas and achieving climate neutrality goals; underlines, in this regard, the need to continue to work towards sustainable and resilient food systems, and acknowledges both the significant potential for GHG emissions reductions in the agricultural sector and the potential contribution by farmers and foresters to natural carbon removal and storage in soils and forests; stresses the importance of providing farmers with an opportunity to actively contribute to and participate in the development of climate mitigation, adaptation and ecosystem conservation policies; welcomes, in this regard, the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture, and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment to present a vision for agriculture and food in the first 100 days of the new Commission’s term with a view to ensuring the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the EU farming sector within the planetary boundaries;