The cause of this 'secessionist drift,' as we see it, stems from feelings of disappointment and frustration expressed by a team of negotiation parties and groups of European Union-supported NGOs. These parties perceive a delay and a lack of seriousness on the part of influential countries and forces in the negotiations to phase out fossil fuels. Dr. Mohamed Al-Sayyad* Statements and positions of some parties to the ongoing negotiations within international climate agreements (the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate) suggest that something is happening outside these official multilateral negotiation frameworks. The aim is to create a parallel negotiation track alongside the official one.
