COP 25 President and Chilean Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt chaired a plenary session to address expectations regarding the negotiations. The Conference is being marked by youth protests demanding concrete actions from countries to curb global warming and promote an agenda that includes the most disadvantaged.
"We're concluding the COP tomorrow, and we have the expectations of countries and their people upon us. We have demands from young people and women for concrete actions, and we can't give them bureaucratic answers. We need to respond to the people in the streets. We need concrete solutions for those suffering the effects of climate change," he emphasized.
COP 25 in Madrid concludes this Friday, the 13th, with pressure to conclude negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement Rulebook. This article is crucial for establishing an international carbon market, an important mechanism for limiting global warming to 1.5°C and enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy.
