Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, who hosted this year’s talks, said that “turning billions into trillions will be indispensable”.
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We continued working with our partners in the States and Regions Alliance and the Under 2 MOU, reinforcing the essential role subnational jurisdictions like Ontario have in helping national governments meet the goals of the agreement.
“I hope the Republican administration will continue to support the process of tackling global warming”.
“Scientists are very clear that we do not have four years to waste waiting for the United States to come back to the table”.
“While the US election could have derailed the negotiations, what’s happened in Marrakech has given hope that global action on climate change will not be deterred by isolated politicians”, said David Turnbull, campaigns director for Oil Change International. The talks will continue in 2017 with a new the U.S. delegation picked by the Trump administration.
The Marrakesh Action Proclamation agreed by all the parties – 196 nations and the European Union bloc – taking part in the summit, was read out at the Conference of Parties plenary session.
President-elect Donald Trump’s views on climate change and the environment have sparked concerns among environmental organizations, researchers, charities and governments around the world.
“We will continue on the path”, he said, urging Trump to join other nations in acting to limit emissions.
Hollande pressed for complete carbon neutrality by 2050.
“Delegates in Marrakech made crucial progress in building the foundation to support the Paris agreement, which went into force just days before COP22”, said Paula Caballero from the World Resources Institute.
“The chances of the rest of the world contributing the emissions reductions commitments that the U.S. is required to undertake, or covering the shortfall in climate finance that the USA is required to contribute, is unlikely to happen”, said Mohamed Adow of Christian Aid, which monitors the climate negotiations on behalf of poor countries. Since last Wednesday Australia, Botswana, Japan, Pakistan, Italy and the United Kingdom have all joined, bringing the total number of ratified Parties to 111.
A key aim of the Marrakesh talks was to lay the groundwork for ramping up – country-by-country – the pace of the global transition from dirty to clean energy.
The conference, which started on November 7, brought together thousands of government officials as well as representatives from worldwide organizations, the civil society and businesses.
Almost 200 nations have reaffirmed their political commitment to a global climate momentum that they say is “urgent” and “irreversible” at the UN climate talks that were mostly overshadowed by US President-elect Donald Trump’s comments to cut off funding to climate change programmes.
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But with the high of Paris now fading, NGOs warned countries must work harder to prepare for the next round of talks, which kick off in Bonn next year. Businesses, investors, cities and local governments during the two-week COP22 issued new climate change commitments, adding to the thousands announced in the run up to the Paris climate conference a year ago.
