The exclusion of IPCC references from the COP30 declaration may appear puzzling to observers in the Global North, yet it reflects mounting concerns about the coloniality embedded within its scenarios. Although the IPCC has long been regarded as the authoritative voice of climate science, its scenario frameworks frequently privilege Northern, technocratic perspectives that marginalize equity, knowledge systems and priorities from the Global South. By projecting climate futures through industrialized growth models and technological pathways, these scenarios reproduce historical asymmetries and neglect differentiated vulnerabilities, responsibilities, and alternative development trajectories.

At COP30, negotiators openly questioned the legitimacy of such approaches, arguing that they fail to capture the lived realities of communities most affected by climate change. The deliberate omission of IPCC references in the final declaration thus signals both a crisis of trust in global climate expertise and a call for more plural, decolonial approaches. This moment underscores the urgent need to reconfigure international climate assessments to embrace diverse epistemologies and place equity at their core.

Ce séminaire fait partie du cycle de conférences « Négociations climatiques et politiques du climat » du Centre de formation sur l’environnement et la société de l’ENS-PSL.

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