COP28: putting emerging countries on the path to “net zero”

2023-11-23 20:27:24

Published on Nov. 23, 2023 at 7:25 p.m. Updated on Nov. 23, 2023 at 7:27 p.m.

COP28, which opens in Dubai on November 30, will have to examine the question of progress towards the climate transition of emerging countries. In 2050, the year of the “net zero” carbon objective, emerging countries should represent 62% of the global economy, 88% of the population and 85% of CO2 emissions.

This growing weight must lead them to initiate their transformation towards climate neutrality, but also to adapt their economies and their businesses to ESG regulations (environmental, social and governance criteria) if they do not want to cut themselves off from their main markets. ‘export.