We will remind the reader that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was formulated in 1992. And that the Conferences of the Parties on that topic began to be numbered in 1995, in Berlin, and that is why this year’s conference, 2025, is precisely COP-30. And the 2015 Paris Agreement was COP-21. I think it’s clear.
The final objective of the aforementioned Paris Agreement was not to exceed the average temperature of the pre-industrial era on our planet by more than 1.5ºC. Many of us recognize that we have already surpassed that level, due to the massive consumption of coal, oil and natural gas, which at one time was considered a CO2 pollutant, and which is now tolerated to avoid a dramatic energy deficit.
On the other hand, zero CO2 emissions have been practically renounced by 2050. And, above all, what was not expected is that the production of fossil fuels, far from having decreased towards zero levels, continues to increase from year to year. Although it is true that these materials are increasingly used for many more purposes than mere combustion, such as the production of all kinds of materials, chemical products, etc.
And above all, climate denialism has increased, as Trump’s US states that global warming is very normal. A topic referred to by Prof. José María Baldasano, 1997 King Jaime I Prize for the Environment, in his latest book “Two more degrees are not that big of a deal. A history of climate denialism” (Cátedra, 2025). Which means that even a maximum expert on scientific reality is more flexible than the Paris Agreement.
To clarify this issue, you can attend the presentation of the aforementioned book, at the Ateneo de Madrid (C/Prado 21), on Saturday the 29th at 12:00 p.m. The one who subscribes this and some others, including the author, will be there to give a rational treatment to the topic.