“They must state clearly the means by which it can be achieved”, said Flavia Cherry, representative of the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA). Director of the International Organization for Migration, William Lacy Swing, warned that the increased forced migration and the unprecedented anti-immigration sentiment, in addition to the climate change, are the recipe for a “perfect storm”.
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“Some of the countries classified as “developing” when the United Nations climate talks began now have the highest per capita income levels in the world”, the European Union said in a statement on Tuesday. “We are the ones nurturing and protecting Mother Earth, because of our lifestyle, culture and identity, and yet climate change is affecting all of this”, says Carling, secretary-general of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP).
Among the unresolved issues is compensation for nations most affected by climate change.
Countries must insist that the Paris deal also tackles the two elephants in the room: “planes” and ships’ emissions’.
“Without the five-year cycles, the agreement is meaningless”, he told a news conference.
Gao Feng, one of the Chinese negotiators, noted that Beijing had set out a national plan in June to start reducing its Carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.
But as it happens with most most major deals, money will ultimately talk.
Canete says “unless you come back every five years to update your targets, you can never reach the long-term goal”.
Eleven days of bruising worldwide diplomacy in the French capital have failed to resolve a host of decades-long arguments between rich and poor nations over how to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. US negotiators need to be able to come home able to argue that the country will not be acting alone. The previous agreement, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, required only rich countries to do so.
Hundreds of protesters held a sit-in demonstration to demand a stronger deal on climate change.
Over the last 12 hours, the World Health Organization and members of the Global Climate and Health Alliance urge negotiators to strengthen health wording in the Paris Agreement.
Diplomats are trying to reach the biggest accord to date to trim emissions and slow global warming.
Nearby, a pyramid of boxes and speakers broadcast voices recorded by activist group Avaaz.
“The text yesterday vs. today, really, there’s a lot of movement”, said Nathaniel Keohane of the Environmental Defense Fund. “There’s a huge amount of work to be done, there’s no question about that”.
He and Javadekar didn’t elaborate on differences in their positions.
And those two parts of the deal have also been the main sticking points.
“Some complex issues still remain, brackets like finance, differentiation and ambition, which needs to be discussed in the coming hours”, he added. We would rather they take their time and were patient with the right deal than rush it and get a breakdown…
“This text is a good attempt to work through some of the options toward finding landing zones”, said Tony de Brum, foreign minister of the Marshall Islands.
Kerry was holding talks at the Le Bourget conference site with the environment ministers of Brazil and India, according to the U.S. State Department. Much more remains to be resolved to get a final deal by Friday’s self-imposed deadline.
As ministers headed into a second night of non-stop talks, Fabius presented them with a new draft that offered the first real glimpse of what a final accord may look like.
The group does not negotiate as a bloc, but has been seen to have had influence in the talks by heavily promoting “ambitious” benchmarks in the planned accord, such as a 1.5C reference.
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The French foreign minister said there has been significant progress and discussions were nearing an end, although officials said the final draft agreement has been pushed back to Saturday.
