“We had hoped that our work would be further advanced”, said Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko of South Africa, who speaks on behalf of more than 130 developing nations. His statement was received with loud applause.
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“Let’s be frank: all the hard political issues remain unresolved”, European climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said. We are not at the end of the route. But many issues will need to be resolved by the summit’s end next Friday. Several critical issues remain.
Also in brackets is a statement noting that the largest share of historical global emissions has originated in developed countries, while per-capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low and that the share of their global emissions will grow to meet their social and development needs. Second, it is unclear which nations should shoulder the brunt of the reductions.
“We would have wished to be further along than we are at this point, but the text being forwarded so far reflects our key priorities”, said Maldives delegate Thoriq Ibrahim, who chairs an alliance of small island nations on the front lines of climate change.
The stocktakes would take place every five years but there is division over when they would begin and if they would seek to strengthen countries’ commitments, or just review them.
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Segolene Royal, France’s environmental minister, added that it’s not that people don’t know what has to be done. After visiting with Royal in Paris in October, Penn said he was optimistic about COP21.
Last night, Leonardo DiCaprio spoke to mayors attending the talks in Paris about pushing for local actions to fight climate change. Other goals include cutting their water usage by 80 percent, and buying 100 percent renewable energy.
The Paris conference is scheduled to conclude on December 11.
He tells reporters Saturday in Paris “we are here to urge that the agreement be as strong as it can be because we have an enormously important interest in making sure that our planet” stays within temperatures hospitable to humans.
But, the US president says, there will still be more work to do after that.
Worryingly, COP21 is hampered by an unprecedented level of corporate sponsorship.
Robert Redford – actor, activist and trustee for the National Resources Defense Council – spoke with the Associated Press on the conference sidelines. “We must eliminate this conflict of interest before COPs become corporate trade shows for false market-based solutions”. The insurance industry also views it with importance, as intense weather events cause more losses.
Two Democratic senators in Paris say most Americans realize that climate change is already happening.
How are you fighting climate change? . It is highly unlikely that the final accord will please everybody.
“It’s moving in the right direction”, he said.
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“In Paris we’re down to a slim 21 pages and the atmosphere remains constructive”, Greenpeace climate expert Martin Kaiser said.
