途上国支援、年４６兆円以上　気候対策で資金目標合意―成果文書採択し閉幕・ＣＯＰ２９

　【バクー時事】国連気候変動枠組み条約第２９回締約国会議（ＣＯＰ２９）は２４日、途上国の温暖化対策に充てる資金支援の規模について、先進国の主導により２０３５年までに「少なくとも年３０００億ドル（約４６兆円）」とする目標を盛り込んだ成果文書を採択し、閉幕した。先進国と途上国の対立により交渉が難航したが、延長２日目になって合意にたどり着いた。
　資金拠出の目標額は現在、年１０００億ドル（約１５兆円）で、３倍以上に増やす内容だ。資金は、途上国の温室効果ガス削減のほか、気候変動による災害への対策や農業被害の軽減といった取り組みに使われる。
　議長国アゼルバイジャンは当初、先進国が主導し、３５年までに年２５００億ドル（約３９兆円）を途上国へ拠出する目標を明記した案を示したが、途上国が不十分だとして反発。その後、目標額を年３０００億ドルとする案も出たが、意見はまとまらなかった。そこで、「少なくとも」という文言を追加する妥協案が示され、各国が折り合う形となった。（2024/11/24-14:14）

Countries participating in the COP29 climate conference have agreed on a funding target for efforts to combat climate change in developing countries, after negotiations were extended by two days.
   At the end of the conference, held since Nov. 11 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, an outcome document was adopted on Sunday that includes a target of providing at least 300 billion dollars a year in aid for climate efforts in developing countries.
   The new target calls for more than tripling the annual aid from the current level of 100 billion dollars. The aid will cover measures such as those to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cope with natural disasters related to climate change and mitigate agricultural damage from climate change.
   At COP29, or the 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the conference chair, Azerbaijan, initially presented a draft calling for increasing the annual aid to 250 billion dollars by 2035, led by developed nations, only to be rejected by developing nations as insufficient.
   A proposal to set the target at 300 billion dollars was floated later, but failed to gain support. Participants eventually agreed on a compromise plan calling for at at least 300 billion dollars a year.